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by econ4all 8y ago
They would stand in the way of every layoff and changes they don't like, that's their mandate, unions are just another entity fighting for the status quo and another hoop a company needs to jump through. If the costs for major exp
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They Don't Build Them Like They Used To: The New Construction Shortage(zillow.com)
3 points by econ4all 8y ago|1 comments
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by econ4all 8y ago
Companies should have all the flexibility to restructure in order to survive tough times or pivot to follow breakthroughs otherwise all these workers won't have a job.
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by econ4all 8y ago
The more money is spent on healthcare and housing the less people have for everything else thus exasperating inequality. Labor unions hamper corporate options and flexibility and hopefully soon they will all be replaced by machines maybe th
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by econ4all 8y ago
> Google didn’t provide the information, the cops still found their suspect in the end. Good. > the FBI’s remarkable attempt to force Google to assist in its investigation will likely worry all who were disturbed by an Associated Pres
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by econ4all 8y ago
The costs of healthcare and housing are far and away the largest dampers on the economy and the cause of inequality. Shareholder accountability might be something worth looking at but it also seems like a distraction for politicians who are
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Why Every Attempt at Regulating Privacy Will Fail(techdirt.com)
2 points by econ4all 8y ago|0 comments
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by econ4all 8y ago
Do newspapers have to start a privacy panic about every damn thing? there are other ways to frame these reports, it's like they won't be satisfied until everything done on an electronic device is outlawed.
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by econ4all 8y ago
You obviously dislike them and is willfully conflating a bunch of stuff but it's definitely not "the job of the press" to manufacture scandals.
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by econ4all 8y ago
This not very different from when the Wall Street Journal published a story a few weeks back about how: "GOOGLE IS LETTING PEOPLE READ YOUR EMAILS (provided you've given them the permission to do so)". It would seem that new
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MPAA: To Save Free Speech, We Must Broadly Censor Free Speech(techdirt.com)
2 points by econ4all 8y ago|0 comments
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by econ4all 8y ago
> Doing business isn't the problem. The problem is that Google is creating a censored version of their search engine. Search is their business and they won't be allowed to conduct it there without censorship. The vast majority
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by econ4all 8y ago
No need for silly hypotheticals, China is a WTO member that has been globally recognized and normalized, doing business there isn't taboo, at least not for everyone else.
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by econ4all 8y ago
Gotcha.
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by econ4all 8y ago
The problem with these "progressive" modifications is that they complicate a simple idea, add points of contention and ultimately kill the whole thing. Just pass the tax in it's simplest form and then see if further adjustmen
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by econ4all 8y ago
Or just add tolls to the rest of bridges and add the congestion tax to the toll price.
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by econ4all 8y ago
The tax won't be the only piece of reform, it will get the ball rolling though, you just need to lose the defeatist attitude.
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by econ4all 8y ago
The assumption is that tax revenue would go to mending the subway system and other public transport. People will manage, it wouldn't be the first implementation of the tax, you'll end up with less cars on the road and more revenue
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by econ4all 8y ago
It's closer to a 50/50 split than you make it sound, and the difference between this the microsoft case is that Windows had >95% of the market and not to mention that OEMs don't need google's permission to roll out th
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by econ4all 8y ago
Two words: congestion tax. It's practically criminal that their mayor and other local figures are opposed to it.
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by econ4all 8y ago
They weren't forcing anyone to sign the contracts, see Fire devices and the Chinese mobile market for google free Android examples. Also you're making sound like they were "bundling" trash, the apps are useful and of hig
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by econ4all 8y ago
Reporters love nothing more than reporting on their previous reports and taking credit. Of course only accounts that confirm their narrative and friendly quotes (from their sources) make into publication. There is nothing wrong with a compa
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by econ4all 8y ago
Between this and their main rival reaching a trillion dollar valuation would someone explain to me what the EU fine was for?
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The Changing State of Recidivism: Fewer People Going Back to Prison(pewtrusts.org)
2 points by econ4all 8y ago|0 comments
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Planet Money: The Postal Illuminati(npr.org)
2 points by econ4all 8y ago|0 comments
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FCC sides with Google Fiber over Comcast with new pro-competition rule(arstechnica.com)
2 points by econ4all 8y ago|0 comments
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Ignorant Hysteria Over 3D Printed Guns Leads to Courts Ignoring First Amendment(techdirt.com)
4 points by econ4all 8y ago|0 comments
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What Those Secret Rubber Flaps Behind Your Rear Bumper Are For(jalopnik.com)
3 points by econ4all 8y ago|0 comments
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by econ4all 8y ago
Not to interrupt another google bashing session on this site or stop an EU person from self-righteously patting themselves on the back but conflating several issues to justify political reprisal is exactly what's wrong with the EU&#x27
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by econ4all 8y ago
There are a couple of recurring themes here: 1. the hyper-moralising over google's business decisions, they're not the only company that modifies its business to access the chinese market nor is the chinese government the only one

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