#Economy

The fed wants inflation, but not all inflation is created equal. In 90s, we had a good economy. The middle class was doing well. There were good jobs, technology was
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Personal knowledge management is a booming field, but I’m surprised there isn’t an expert for group knowledge management.Such a profitable niche. Just think of all the companies who struggle to
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Trump, a life-long believer in the “power of positive thinking,” sincerely believes that if he and his administration just asserts that they are making progress against the virus, it will
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I asked a question about Nicola Sturgeon’s special advisors today. I wanted to know, who, given her lack of business and private sector knowledge, advises her on the matter. I
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My first job was working for the Forest Service. I learned a lot about fires that summer. This is about climate change. It's about health, as millions live where it's
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There are (at least!) four big reasons why Biden's presidency has been so much bigger, so much more ambitious, than the rest of his career:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/opinion/biden-jobs-infrastructure-economy.html 1. The collapse
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I love how this 'farmers are dumping dairy' story is going around and everyone is like 'wow wtf is wrong with them??' and of course everyone shits on capitalism cause
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socialism is not when the state does stuffsocialism is not more taxessocialism is not "equality of outcome"socialism is not "post-modern neo-marxism"socialism is not against individual freedomsocialism is not authoritari
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2020 may end the 20th century, the century of mass society.Concerts, events, rallies, marches, K12, higher ed, restaurants, bars, airplanes, mass transit. Anything with tightly packed crowds of people is
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This is such an important point. The far-off scenarios here of a sci-fi dystopian economy are grim, but even the short term implications are stark. Just take self driving cars.
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The talk in Texas this week: What the heck happened in the #RGV, which saw a hard swing toward Trump after generations of loyal Democratic ubiquity.Understanding that will be key
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The UCP’s fiscal update shows their plan had nearly doubled the deficit while failing to create jobs or grow the economy even before the COVID-19 pandemic. #ableg #cdnpoli #canlab The
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Must-read article in @TheEconomist, but it seems to me that it fails to consider a crucial intertemporal dimension of the multidimensional tradeoff we face:https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/04/01/covid-19-presents-stark-choices-between-life-deat
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How often have you seen people saying ‘Nicola, can you run the U.K. please’ recently? The comparison of Sturgeon to Johnson is an extremely thick-minded one, lacking in critical thinking
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It's time to stop equating the stock market with "the economy." Wall Street's coming off a great month, at the same time unemployment is at a record high. They're different!I
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The global oil market continues to suffer from the vagaries of the coronavirus pandemic, as prices continue to crash due to the sudden, massive and unexpected drop in worldwide demand
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