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I see it brought up quite a bit on HN, and yet... very rarely with much rigor. It is often of this sort of "I feel that the economic costs will be worse than t
by majormajor 7y ago
I see it brought up quite a bit on HN, and yet... very rarely with much rigor.
It is often of this sort of "I feel that the economic costs will be worse than the human life costs" without any hard backing to explain that. Challenging the opinions of the people getting airtime is fine, but only if you've got the material to back you up.
Otherwise it sounds just like wishful thinking.
- volak 7y agoSome quick research https://www.nber.org/papers/w23192?fbclid=IwAR15UAkVuakNeQrlQIfiwj9mPhH1MdseNsXpKENR2tu8LYX-dA1KBlppnPg https://www.nber.org/papers/w23192?fbclid=IwAR15UAkVuakNeQrl... 100,000 more drug overdoeses per 1% unemployment Also https://www.webmd.com/depression/news/20110414/suicides-go-up-when-economy-goes-down#1 https://www.webmd.com/depression/news/20110414/suicides-go-u...
- randallsquared 7y ago> Otherwise it sounds just like wishful thinking. ...what? Who would wish for this? Maybe you're pattern-matching to something for which you have a political response, without actually listening to the worry that is being expressed.