In essence, they were simply a side bet — like those in a casino — that allowed speculators to increase society's mortgage wager without financing a single house.
If we want to increase society's productive efficiency, people's willingness to pay with money is a reasonable indicator of how much they will gain if they have access to the hearing.
In fact, it could increase society's net wealth by making the financial system safer.*The starting point for any discussion about bank production of "safe" assets is the work of Gary Gorton, particularly his recent book Misunderstanding Financial Crises.
If our goal is to increase society's store of skills, we must mount a vigorous defense to the tyranny of Ebbinghaus' curve.
Moreover, as the average age of the population steadily increases, society has greater expectations of a high level of quality of life and health care services.
A variety of chores that would increase society's common good would be rewarded, including cleaning highways, planting trees, volunteering with an NGO or joining the Army of Africa, a volunteer corps, for a semester or a one-year shift.
She notes that Washington's lynching illustrates how technological innovations, such as telephones and inexpensive photographs, could empower lynch mobs but also increase society's condemnation of their actions.
As demand for ICU and telemetry care continues to increase, society will only benefit maximally if specialized rehabilitation services receive proportionate attention and resources.
N is a measure of social fragmentation as it increases, society is less fragmented, with individuals having social association with many different groups.
The potential for intrasocietal violence is increased when society selects for bare branches, as certain Asian societies do.
