The 500 page milestone reached. Almost half the book. From the Crisis of Ownership Societies moved onto the chapter on Social Democratic societies. Interesting history of Sweden and France. German model of shared ownership of corporate governance. Konrad Adeuner's policy making. As an alternative to sanctity of private property, it is either state ownership, shared ownership or temporary ownership (where tax is progressive and high). Good account of the inequality climbing in societies after 1980s. India leads in the increasing inequality between top 10 and bottom 50% of the population. Sweden has the highest percentage of national income coming from taxes now. The importance of keeping health, education etc in the socially embedded fiscal and ownership policies.
Need to reflect on how computation as a new human cognitive leap has triggered a new inequality. Here the division is perhaps deeper that those created by Industrial revolution. This is close to perhaps the invention of writing, then the printing press and even comparable to the Hunter Gatherer to Agriculture leap. For those who can use this new tool are going to move into an entirely different class as opposed to those who cannot.
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