#Cost

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/5The biggest cost to the US economy is when workers are willing but unable to find productive jobs. That is why a major economic stimulus can bring short-term growth to

David Thomas Moore

dtmooreeditor

Morning, everyone! Some follow-ups to this thread:1. I wrote that Tacitus minted no coins, which is an error, apologies. More accurately, he minted *few* coins, especially early in his rule,

Sebastian Payne

SebastianEPayne

The UK is heading for mandatory hotel quarantine - likely to be signed off for all arrivals to the UK by ministers tomorrow.But it’s an incredible complex policy that is

Robert H Frank

econnaturalist

Holiday gatherings, the COVID-19 surge, and the sunk cost fallacy: Why you should cancel your Thanksgiving travel plans even though you’ve already purchased non-refundable air tickets. 1/ Coronavirus cases are

Waldo Jaquith

waldojaquith

Let's talk about how government procures the services of software development teams.There's a pernicious belief that a vendor's dev teams need to be sitting in your building, every day, 9–5.

Ify Anene

Ifeyinwanene

So, I finally got to the bottom of the whole electricity tariff increase wahala. I was surprised to read that representatives of the Distribution companies (DisCos) on Monday, rushed to

Frontline Llama

valley_llama

John Templeton on his investment methods.Buy at the point of maximum pessimism.Buy whatever is cheapest, globally. Usually unpopular.Invest tax-efficiently.Be patient.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhlkKyFzRPw&ab_channel=TalksatGoogle

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BettinaSRoss1

As a German, I feel I can't preach about democracy. It is not my intention to patronise. I'd just like to provide an outside view, aware of our own historical,

Aditya Chakrabortty

chakrabortty

A story of political hope, for today:Seven years ago this month, I sat in a broom cupboard in the University of London student union and talked with three cleaners there.

mike schussler

mikeschussler

Buddy lets work out the practical cost of a job Guarantee. There are 11,12 million unemployed. There are 2,5 million informal jobs most far below minimum wage. There are about

KD

kunledee

A few thoughts on the new PMS price announced by PPMC Nov 11, 2020. PPMC published a memo indicating an increase in PMS, eff. Nov 13:• Ex-depot (with collection): N155.17 •

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

Whenever people talk about the "demographic dividend" or the huge time cost of having children I feel like they are just absolutely uncomprehending of how difficult and wearisome elder care

David Brunelle

davidbrunelle

I see that we're debating the value of "front-end development" again.Building user interfaces, on any platform, is hard work! Doing it well requires specialization.Undervaluing these skills results in frustrating experiences,

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MorlockP

2/ 3/ 4/to some degree, yes, but to some degree no >>>https://twitter.com/GeoGDF01/status/1328374256900726786 5/Farm tools are heavy, awkward, and a pain in the !@#.My wife @LibertyFarmNH and I are equally capable

Khaled Elgindy

elgindy_

Recognition by itself would put US back on record as pro-2SS but not much else. One more symbolic gesture while occupation, settlements, land confiscations, evictions (like Sumreen family in E

Dr. J Robson

JenniferRobson8

Put me in the camp of the "both and". The CCED has lots flaws & was designed, explicitly, using an outdated breadwinner model of Canadian families. Moving from the deduction

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