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Comment · 16 days ago
Yes. Makes me sick . US consumers have lower and lower standard of living as oligarchs reach trillion dollar net worths.
Comment · 1 month ago
MMT job guarantee
Comment · 2 months ago
Its an accounting identity
Comment · 2 months ago
Federal gov deficit = private sector savings.
Comment · 5 months ago
Agree with this. The > the organization the > the big brother dystopia. Big corps that say use outlook will ask for admin permissions on your cell which include delete access, reading media, etc if you want to use teams/outlook. So i never opt in. Probably good for work life bal. They can call me in emergencies.
Comment · 7 months ago
so long and income exceeds or keeps up with inflation growth, it doesn't matter
Comment · 7 months ago
Yup. SAP and their glorious idocs with german acronyms
Comment · 8 months ago
In a modern money/fiat money regime, the federal government can afford anything in nominal terms. As such, the solution would be to subsidize the industries that make the most sense for standard of living and national security so they can participate in the market. Use government subsidies to offset the costs of environmental remediation .
Comment · 10 months ago
Do they let anyone pick for free ?
Comment · 1 year ago
Its a thing. Living in hurricane alley, I see it all the time. Lines at gas stations, grocery stores, hardware stores. My strategy is to wait till the 11th hour after supply trucks have restocked everything and shop in peace.stores are open, quiet , sparsely trafficed, usually stocked up at this point. Works every time
Comment · 1 year ago
Absolutely false. Worse case is dollar going down. Interest rates are exogenous and controlled by the fed who can buy all the treasuries in the world at a moment's notice. The treasury securities held by China are their problem . Not the US's.
Comment · 1 year ago
There is no proof that higher interest rates lead to greater unemployment. In fact, macro employment kind of boomed during the referenced period. I'd posit that higher rates actually boosted macro employment stats . Why ? Because higher rates = higher income to rich people via interest income channel = higher fed budget deficits ( gov is net payer of interest) = higher GDP = lower unemployment ceterus paribus.
Comment · 1 year ago
a tech mentor once told me what makes a developer great is not how good or talented he is but how good he makes those around him be.
Comment · 1 year ago
I have a gf in Goias brazil . She told me that she was mugged 7 times for her cell phone years ago . Then a new governor came along and began a policy of. allowing police to execute dangerous criminal gang members rather than arrest them. Now the area is considered one of the safest regions. He's rummored to have presidential ambitions. Guess there is a breaking point when crime and corruption gets to a point where people just have had enough and only want results Justice be dammed.
Comment · 1 year ago
3 decades. me too. since 97. maybe uber driver was a bad example. what about having a work model similar to a lawyer? whereby one can specialize in creating certain types of business or personal apps at a high hourly rate ?

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