Financieel vooruitzicht
Financial projection — Dilbert today pic.twitter.com/rQFUOv46gZ
— Robert Went (@went1955) November 29, 2017
Ongelijkheid
‘De ongelijkheid was nog nooit zo groot’ — Interview in FD met Harvard-professor Michèle Lamont, socioloog, die deze week de prestigieuze Erasmusprijs ontving — https://t.co/Tv2tbNXkCb pic.twitter.com/6gNX2ezSSt
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 2, 2017
Corporate Rebels
Leuk interview! Geef medewerkers vrijheid en autonomie, adviseren de @corp_rebels. ‘Als je medewerkers als kinderen behandelt, gedragen ze zich ook zo’ — @nrc pic.twitter.com/Z2p6KKii5G
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 1, 2017
The Ugly Truth About The State Of The Workplace — @corp_rebels https://t.co/hne623Xpq1
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 3, 2017
Innovatie: verloren Einsteins
Groundbreaking empirical research shows the secret to unlocking innovation isn’t tax cuts, it’s equality https://t.co/Z8I5npwzYW
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 4, 2017
Lost Einsteins: The innovations we’re missing. Income and gender make a big difference in who winds up inventing https://t.co/9goYEu0oSw
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 4, 2017
Doorgeslagen flex
‘Flexwerkers vragen zich elke maand af hoeveel ze deze perode kunnen werken en hoeveel dat oplevert. Onderzoeken tonen ook aan dat er een relatie is met hun gezondheid’ – De kersverse prof Wendy Smits [ook @statistiekcbs] in De Limburger (via @RonvanBaden) pic.twitter.com/ipZ0FsouZj
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 3, 2017
Living in cars, working for Amazon: meet America's new nomads https://t.co/BYU7IVZ758
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 3, 2017
Het drama Griekenland
The euro area is in a political bind: a decade of pain cost Europe its ability to sell integration as a force for prosperity — The Economist — https://t.co/HLhtwII6ij pic.twitter.com/oXZprByjQ8
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 3, 2017
Deprimerend! ‘Dit is het Griekenland van zeven jaar onder de trojka: Hoe Europa de Griekse bevolking aan de bedelstaf bracht’ — @DeGroene https://t.co/cxm1kC9XTQ
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 3, 2017
Ongelijkheid in natuur en samenleving
Inequality in nature and society — Fascinating paper by Bas van Bavel, Marten Scheffer and others in PNAS — https://t.co/LEP9jNwKSX pic.twitter.com/p14XjJj3Y3
— Robert Went (@went1955) November 29, 2017
Allemaal een aandeel in de economie
Nice! ‘A simple fix for our massive inequality problem: a social wealth fund in which we all own an equal part’ — @MattBruenig https://t.co/GX3wejyrsb
— Robert Went (@went1955) November 30, 2017
Bitcoin
Bitcoin may be a libertarian dream, but it is a real headache for anyone who views public policy as a necessary complement to market economies — Jean Tirole https://t.co/0XSkqHb2d8
— Robert Went (@went1955) November 30, 2017
Bitcoin has attracted people who mistrust institutions, and those looking for a way to get rich quick https://t.co/lmbu72SRlr
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 2, 2017
Maybe we should think of Bitcoin as competing for some of the asset space held by gold and also to some extent art https://t.co/koeJjAz6GN
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 1, 2017
Kunstmatige intelligentie en stupiditeit
Beware of artificial stupidity! ‘Even though our most advanced AI systems are dumber than a rat, it won’t stop them from having a huge effect on our lives’ https://t.co/FNSiURAACx (via @NoelSharkey)
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 3, 2017
Eindejaarslijstjes
It’s that time of the year for ‘best of’ lists! The 2017 books that I’ve enjoyed the most and/or learned the most from: @rodrikdani, @Kasparov63, @timoreilly, @David_Goodhart, @KateRaworth, @BennieMols and @nieske, Amy Golstein, Thomas Hale and David Held pic.twitter.com/DYPNn8zfyd
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 2, 2017
‘Technology reemergence’: How independent bookstores thrived in spite of Amazon https://t.co/h7zeWNkmnL
— Robert Went (@went1955) November 28, 2017
The 15 best economics books of 2017 according to Martin Wolf (I’ve read or on my desk 7 books on this list) https://t.co/S5kfMdJOiC
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 1, 2017
Gedekte tafel 2017
How to set the table (credit: Chris Buckley; via @LeapingRobot) pic.twitter.com/e3takPLvpS
— Robert Went (@went1955) December 4, 2017
