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811.
How Europe sleepwalked into the coronavirus crisis(reuters.com)
29 points by chewz 7y ago|72 comments
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by chewz 7y ago
> Video footage and stills, taken at the weekend and provided to the Financial Times, appear to show several employees sleeping on the floor at a facility in Cebu City. One employee appears to have set up a bed on a treadmill. > The A
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Amazon contractors enduring ‘subhuman’ conditions in Philippines(ft.com)
29 points by chewz 7y ago|6 comments
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by chewz 7y ago
Inflation target for most CB..
815.
by chewz 7y ago
> get really really serious inflation of over 2%, 3%, maybe even more than 3% Really serious inflation is when prices in supermarket change twice a day like in Brasil in the old times. It is Weimar style hyperinflation where everyone wan
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by chewz 7y ago
If you have a deflation and negative rates then you should hold to your money because year after year everything around you is getting cheaper. So delay consumption. Hold the cash. You will get better deal next year. If you have and inflati
817.
by chewz 7y ago
Actually until industrial revolution the only asset generating yield was not gold but landowning. It wasn't risk less but on average it was the only asset available generating positive returns. The castles and gold vaults were nice but
818.
by chewz 7y ago
Denmark does not use euro and their NIRP had more to do with keeping parity of krona to euro then fighting deflation.
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Can ‘revenge spending’ save luxury brands in China as shoppers emerge(scmp.com)
3 points by chewz 7y ago|0 comments
820.
WHO stands by recommendation to not wear masks if you are not sick(lite.cnn.com)
1 points by chewz 7y ago|0 comments
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For India’s Laborers, Coronavirus Lockdown Is an Order to Starve(nytimes.com)
9 points by chewz 7y ago|2 comments
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by chewz 7y ago
> It's already been noticed that CO2 levels have decreased significantly I think CO emissions decreased not CO levels.. So we wont see decreassing temperatures right away..
823.
by chewz 7y ago
Can't they introduce border controls like in Europe?
824.
Coronavirus Sparks a Global Gold Rush(wsj.com)
1 points by chewz 7y ago|2 comments
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India’s Coronavirus Lockdown Leaves Vast Numbers Stranded and Hungry(nytimes.com)
1 points by chewz 7y ago|0 comments
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by chewz 7y ago
From technical perspective wait until markets retest the bottom. They will. There would be a lot of distressed assets after it is over. Lots of opportunities, so conserve cash.
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New research details early impact of coronavirus pandemic on restaurant industry(restaurant.org)
2 points by chewz 7y ago|0 comments
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by chewz 7y ago
> I'm wondering at that level of income, why he doesn't have any cash reserves to carry him through? Leveraged to the hilt most likely... Lots of fools have discovered how to run their private Ponzi scheme on themselves.
829.
by chewz 7y ago
Source: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)...
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France issues call to 'buy French' as coronavirus erodes single market(france24.com)
3 points by chewz 7y ago|0 comments
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by chewz 7y ago
> And Mussolini got the trains to run on time! More then that. Some of Mussolini era laws benefit Italy to this day.
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by chewz 7y ago
> It is worth emphasizing that these obstacles emerged even after Covid-19 had already fully impacted in China and some alternative models for the containment of the virus (in China and elsewhere) had already been successfully implemente
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by chewz 7y ago
Most companies keep some skeletons in the closet and times like this are opportunity for CFOs to get rid of them hidden in quarterly report. This is one in 10 years chance to reprice failed aqusitions, investments went bad, mismanaged oppor
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by chewz 7y ago
They have children.
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by chewz 7y ago
> like bagged salads, tomatoes salads, tomatoes are extremly wasteful form of transporting water so the benefit of growing your own is enormous
836.
by chewz 7y ago
So we have labour shortages in countryside and unemployed people in urban centers. Problem?
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Frightened by Coronavirus, Many of UK’s Poles Are Heading Home(nytimes.com)
2 points by chewz 7y ago|0 comments
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by chewz 7y ago
Last few thousand years in history of Euroasia is about peeple moving in large numbers during dry spells. Where is the tragedy? The end of the world as we know it?
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by chewz 7y ago
How is warm winter natural disaster? I like it like that.
840.
by chewz 7y ago
> But a 4.9% chance of getting stuck in a field triage hospital with inadequate care, struggling to breathe? You have forgotten about serious irreversible damage to your lungs which will probably shorten your life by a few years.

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