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We just had: - a global pandemic that killed millions - a shutdown of most industry for months - a shutdown of most travel for 2 years - a cut off of trade wit

We just had: - a global pandemic that killed millions - a shutdown of most industry for months - a shutdown of most travel for 2 years - a cut off of trade with one of the world's leading energy suppliers And we didn't tip into recession or significant improvement. Yes, it was close. Yes, we had some inflation. Yes, we're still wobbly. But primary indicators, GDP and unemployment stayed positive. To have only 4% unemployment after the stresses of the last five years is a gosh darn miracle and fairly convincing proof of competent stewardship over the economy.

shrimp_emoji 2y ago
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- dang 2y ago
  Please don't take HN threads into flamewar. This comment is a noticeable step hellward. That's not what this site is for and destroys what it is for, so please make your substantive points without it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: turns out your account has ignored so many warnings and continued to post so many flamewar comments that I've banned it. This is not ok: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37387457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37387457 (Sept 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35656917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35656917 (April 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35498689 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35498689 (April 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25773676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25773676 (Jan 2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22839701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22839701 (April 2020) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21698409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21698409 (Dec 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19775824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19775824 (April 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17754269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17754269 (Aug 2018) (and no, this has nothing to do with ideology one way or the other - it has to do with egregiously flouting HN's rules)
_heimdall 2y ago
It will be interesting to see how these events look after a few decades. Most countries reached for extreme measures to attempt to avoid economic disaster after the pandemic response. It could turn out that worked with little or no important side effects. It also could turn out that the economic and social impacts are delayed by more than a few years.

shrimp_emoji 2y ago

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dang 2y ago
Please don't take HN threads into flamewar. This comment is a noticeable step hellward. That's not what this site is for and destroys what it is for, so please make your substantive points without it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: turns out your account has ignored so many warnings and continued to post so many flamewar comments that I've banned it. This is not ok: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37387457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37387457 (Sept 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35656917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35656917 (April 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35498689 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35498689 (April 2023) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25773676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25773676 (Jan 2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22839701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22839701 (April 2020) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21698409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21698409 (Dec 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19775824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19775824 (April 2019) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17754269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17754269 (Aug 2018) (and no, this has nothing to do with ideology one way or the other - it has to do with egregiously flouting HN's rules)

_heimdall 2y ago

It will be interesting to see how these events look after a few decades. Most countries reached for extreme measures to attempt to avoid economic disaster after the pandemic response. It could turn out that worked with little or no important side effects. It also could turn out that the economic and social impacts are delayed by more than a few years.