Capitalism

• We know that there are better and worse things to spend money on.
• Ads sell high ideas, virtues, human flourishing. But they provide material good that often don’t supply that.
• It’s immensely hard to like things that aren’t glamorous.
• Economics could be concerned with individual and collective flourishing.
  • “Right profit” from helping people lead better lives, putting money into education, social impact, human progress.
• Price is not a good indicator of value, worth.
• We need to change the perception, judgement, of low-paid work.
• The measure of a society is how it treats its unluckiest members.
  • Hospitals, transport, schools should be great, especially for those on lower incomes.

(After rereading some old notes: The Book Of Life: Capitalism)

Added 2023-07-02.