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By those criteria, isn't "effort" an innate factor? After all, people only have so much control over things like stamina and motivation.
by hx87 10y ago
By those criteria, isn't "effort" an innate factor? After all, people only have so much control over things like stamina and motivation.
- rayiner 10y agoMore reason for income equality. Studies show that things like impulse control have a significant innate component too.
- tnl_ord3 10y agoOn the contrary, more reason for income inequality. If we are concerned for the future population, that low-time preference people with good impulse control are payed more shouldn't trouble us. Whence come this desire to destructively level everyone?
- hx87 10y agoIt's the classic efficiency vs justice tradeoff. IMO the best way to approach it is the "socialism below, capitalism above" approach combining a strong tax-funded UBI with a free-market, low-regulation (except environmental regulation) economy and a cultural move from individual ownership to collective but capitalist ownership (e.g. own REITs instead of homes, shares in Uber/GM instead of cars).