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by afjl 8y ago
In my opinion, both lead to monopolies and oligopolies. Ekianjo is right, in the sense that entities with lots of capital will become rent-seeking entities in over-regulated/mis-regulated markets because of very high barriers to entry.
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by afjl 8y ago
It's hard to not mention and ascribe some degree of responsibility to the government. This is especially true of current events books written with a majoritarian viewpoint, which believes that the government has a strong role to play i
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by afjl 8y ago
I agree but you can't realistically build policy around "working to be better humans". Walls, guns, surveillance, etc are all easily deployable policies with easily measurable results. I don't enjoy the surveillance stat
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by afjl 8y ago
It's pretty sad how much Americans pay for our higher education compared to many other developed countries. I recently met a few college-aged Brits who just graduated with ~$5,000 in debt. How can we be paying an entire order of magnit
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by afjl 9y ago
This is actually very common, especially in "bulge" tier companies. My best friend interned at GS and has accepted a job there; apparently, all newly-hired analyst/traders bust their ass for the first 2 or 3 ish years before
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by afjl 9y ago
Gotcha. Thanks for the link
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by afjl 9y ago
> Now you need to commit to building enough housing to meet their projected job growth at HQ2 over the next decade, as well as a public transportation plan to keep up with it. I like this plan. I imagine forcing them to buy certain amoun
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by afjl 9y ago
I wouldn't argue that tax breaks should be "illegal", but rather be proportional to the marginal utility that the company brings to the city (job market, investment, spending, etc) and inversely proportional to the marginal c
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by afjl 9y ago
Not the guy who you commented to, but I'm guessing he thinks it's due to the talent pool they can recruit from by locating in a large metropolitan/suburban area.
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by afjl 9y ago
Is the education spending comparing the actual dollar amount or is it adjusted for PPP? Or is it by percent of federal/state/municipal spending?
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by afjl 9y ago
This is probably too reductive, but ultimately it's profitable to do so. Facebook is not in the news business, they're in the data/advertising business.
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by afjl 9y ago
You have a number of points I agree with, but I find other points troublesome. For instance, the costs of censorship are, interestingly enough, also the costs of not censoring free speech. Slowed scientific progress (due to the rise of anti
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by afjl 9y ago
What does GP mean?
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by afjl 9y ago
That's fairly true, although I suspect the reason for the press' attitude towards Trump lies in the ratings/advertisement-driven nature of media. I don't think they're necessarily being held to different standards.
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by afjl 9y ago
I'm not sure what this has to do with anything in the thread, much less my comment.
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by afjl 9y ago
I think both of your statements can apply to any President. For instance, Trump has called for "fire and fury" against NK and "bombing the hell" out of our enemies. He's embraced torture as a mechanism for obtaining
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by afjl 9y ago
I'm not sure this is a very convincing argument to make. The underlying economic conditions have not changed drastically in the last few months or even years. The tax plan's effect on the economy is presently a projection. Apple&#
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by afjl 9y ago
It may be an over-simplification but it is more universal or common than you might think. I recently discovered that my father's entire family emigrated from their home country as a result of political persecution. This is a pretty com