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by brc 12y ago
The increase of value of debt is the big problem, which is in the original op because banks get stuck with a lot of bad debt and many would fail. While this is unfortunate, I see it as garbage collection for the economy. Once completed, t
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by brc 12y ago
I don't agree that a reduction in growth (recession or depression) is a deflationary spiral. Yes, there was deflation, but it didn't go into an uncontrolled tailspin. The problem was the old canard of irrational exuberance and ex
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by brc 12y ago
Well, yes. But those who insist that deflation is terrible are hardly going to agree that the depression was made worse by all the ham fisted attempts to fix it.
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by brc 12y ago
I would believe these types of pop-economics articles a lot more if they could actually find and example of a deflationary spiral causing a long term depression. Prices for many things already do decrease regularly. Every time I purchase a
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by brc 12y ago
Well, it's true. Many a stray has adopted an owner. The relationship is symbiotic. All relationships have to be if they are to last.
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by brc 12y ago
I don't think you read my comment. The United States experience was why other transitions were peaceful. Ireland was not colonised. That was an old fashioned European land war. India had a relatively peaceful transition, considering w
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by brc 12y ago
I would guess not built to code, or perhaps missing things like fire escapes. Probably sub standard building material or technique, given that it was ordered to be demolished instead of retrofitted.
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by brc 12y ago
I think the best frame of reference is to look at colonisation by British in comparison to other countries. The difference is that the British tended to leave behind a system of governance wbased on English common law, which stretches back
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by brc 12y ago
From experience, an Australian doesn't have the correct frame of reference to even engage in the US healthcare debate. I have tried to understand the issues many times but it comes from such a fragmented starting point it's diffi
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by brc 12y ago
Don't governments always write themselves an exemption from following laws for everyone else? I imagine they are exempt by law from things that would land others in court or jail.
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by brc 12y ago
I guess my point is that giving for animal conservation is very inefficient and nt at all transparent. If you want to protect the animals, push for things that will help the economies grow in the countries with the animals. Animal poachin
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by brc 12y ago
The Tasmanian devil population is expected to crash over the next five years as well. However researchers are not worried about lack of diversity because I think they are already all seriously inbred. The strategy against devil facial tum
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by brc 12y ago
It's very simple : never donate to a charity that can afford TV campaigns and appear at all the big conferences around the world. Keep it local and real. Charities for sick/underprivileged children in your local region are everyw
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by brc 12y ago
The point is many people forego having children, and then keep dogs or cats to fill in their need for nurturing.
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by brc 12y ago
Don't forget BTTF is complete with generic middle eastern terrorists, something still relevant today but absolutely unheard of in 1955. I would say the cultural and technological shifts between 55 and 85 were far bigger. In 55 space tr
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by brc 12y ago
You gave two spelling errors. Disuing -> discussing Loosing -> losing
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by brc 12y ago
It's to do with how close the cops are following. The bootlegger turn uses the opposite lane for more time and spends time in the existing lane at the start of the turn, rather than at the end with the regular turn. So it's about
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by brc 12y ago
I found the article to be of low value as well, partly because of anecdata and partly because it wasn't clear to me how any of the profiled were really 'successful'. Really what would be more useful is in finding the turnar
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by brc 12y ago
Have you even looked for investment? It's easy to believe there is no angel money around, because it doesn't fall into your lap. An interesting exercise is to write down a list of the ten richest people you know, who would know y
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by brc 12y ago
Well, Hoabrt is the bottom of Australia...the OP should fix up the original post!
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by brc 12y ago
What, exactly, are the mirrors for?
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by brc 12y ago
But the truth is that assisted driving is already a much larger market that self-driving cars. Many manufacturers already have lane assist, braking assist, self parking and other features. This type of creeping automation is much more li
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by brc 12y ago
All possessions are fundamentally irrational. I'm baffled why people would collect vinyl, buy overpriced designer clothing, pay for expensive tickets to sport, buy expensive kitchen implements - and on and on and on. I like cars. I l
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by brc 12y ago
That is already common in most places. Most parking structures I know have different rates for different arrival and stay lengths. A lot of street parking has free and paid times. Demand based parking has been around a long time.
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by brc 12y ago
Australia has gone all-in on natural gas, it is in track to be the worlds biggest gas exporter. Is that a problem in the face of falling hydrocarbon prices? Yes, yes it is. This thing probably remains profitable because of the economies of
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by brc 12y ago
Well, in my book, it's a devastating loss for economic development of people in dire poverty and the associated social issues that come with that. Regardless of how it came about.
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by brc 12y ago
"Bad fuel"? All fuels have costs and benefits. Natural gas is probably the best one going. Extraction has minimal environmental impact, it burns clean with very little pollution and can't be spilled into the ocean like oil.
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by brc 12y ago
The way I understood it, the traditional land owners were all too happy to get the jobs and royalties associated, but were overruled by out-of-town activists. Is that true or false?
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by brc 12y ago
I'd rather this ship with the latest technology is transporting fuels from small drilling rigs than rainforest in Southeast Asia and South America being clear felled to make bio fuels. Fuel use is morally defensible and fossil fuels ar
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by brc 12y ago
I see this type of comment across a number of fields - why isn't X safer? Generally is comes down to the 'insurance' argument - why didn't we spend the time (read: money) to test and prevent for X? The answer corms down

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