Recent comments by Rob Underwood

• After Austerity

  Austerity is one key part of the problem holding human capital back, especially young human capital. Another is rampant class-ism, which has long been an issue in Europe and is now on the rise (i.e., worsening) in the United States. We are cannibalizing all our futures by denying our young a present. We are doing this through both our unwillingness to spend and our unwillingness to evaluate talent based on merit, not pedigree. I wrote an essay about meritocracy, class, youth, and Occupy last week. It's available here - https://plus.google.com/105546185193559525053/posts/1PK8UFYL7ym