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by jahaja 7y ago
This is such dogmatic bullshit that I can't be arsed. The "source" you're referring to is linked directly to the neoliberal thinktank Timbro. All your examples are a recent development that's exactly my point.
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Sure. However, given the rudeness in the replies I feel that I restrained myself decently with a few slips. "You can't coherently and simultaneously believe" "You might as well call it "fascist" or "coloni
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by jahaja 7y ago
You couldn't make this up. The very group that ordered the report you are referring to, The Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM), is also appealing the introduction of a law in California that makes pay-for-delay deals with drug
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by jahaja 7y ago
This is why the neoliberal fantasy of "let's just remove regulations and let the "free-market" work its magic" is naive at best: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/why-humiras-
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by jahaja 7y ago
I should be the one providing evidence that the following example is disproportionate with regards to regulatory differences between US and Europe? "West, 30, has had type 1 diabetes since she was three years old. Back in Seattle, wher
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> Regardless of how you want to redefine the phrase trickle down, your use of it here betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the subject Care to explain how it doesn't fit the template I described? > this will REDUCE the monop
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I'm not sure what straw man that would be? I haven't suggested that either. What I'm implying is that Europe have regulations too, and that the price difference is not in proportion to the difference in regulatory strictness.
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The template of trickle down economics I'm referring to is the method where the already wealthy/profiting and so on, is given immediate benefits under the premise of vague and long-term benefits for the many. This method of upward
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With regards to the topic, insulin. It's certainly cheap by comparison.
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Are drug companies operating at a loss in Europe?
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And in many markets it's not. Well-run state companies, that exists, and have existed for a long long time, efficiency is not a problem and they can focus their efforts and money on what's important, not profits and marketing. Don
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by jahaja 7y ago
The presumption is that it's actually the regulations that prevents the competition, which haven't at all been made clear. How about patents for example? How about the cheap prices of Europe?
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by jahaja 7y ago
This is the classical "tricke down economy" type of solution. Give companies, who are additionally acting unethically, a guaranteed and direct profit increase and _hope_ that it solves itself in the long-term. Surely it depends on
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by jahaja 7y ago
So your solution to drug companies jacking up the prices as much as they can is to reward them by removing regulations?
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What's up with the dogmatic and assertive confidence over knowledge style?
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I did however say "many countries" not Europe as a whole. Since there's vast differences both in unionization and recent economic developments. There's clear and obvious reasons why for example Greece is where they are.
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I don't think they should. I think it should be quite frugal. Some pay too much, some don't. It's in any case vastly different than the multiplier that the execs get.
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"Under the FMLA, most new parents can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave without the threat of job loss. That’s most parents, not all parents. Employees qualify for leave under the FMLA when they’ve worked 1,240 hours over 12 months a
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by jahaja 7y ago
Wow, this is a very cynical interpretation of union leaders salaries. The previous posts implies that they are enriching themselves through members dues in a caricature manner.
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No worries. I can of course understand that some might think so. I'm just cynical enough to assume that a corporation will move to a lower-cost country independent of the added 15% or whatever the amount in added labour costs that vari
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> Implementing a union will benefit few but the union leaders. What the heck? This sounds like something out of a movie. Do you think union leaders get a cut of every member's pay or something?
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> We could always compare unemployment rates in the US to those in France for a straight forward comparison to a European country. Then we could compare full-time employment rates for another straight forward comparison to a European cou
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by jahaja 7y ago
But again. This doesn't hold up to a straight forward comparison to many European countries. If labour costs would be so detrimental to employment we'd still be queuing to the transatlantic ocean liners.
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How Americans can be so anti-union by default is really beyond me when looking at the facts at the ground: * A culture of overwork (especially in the game industry). * No vacation. * No parental leave. * No sick leave. * At-will-employment
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One thing that I've never understood as a Scandinavian is why people for their own pure interest doesn't want a wellfare state. Why would you rather have a paranoid society than one where crime and drugs are the exception?
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Rust is a pretty niched language trying to replace C++ and similar that are quite slow moving, so it's gonna take time. Most jobs are after all related to web/services where Rust's strong points aren't as relevant.
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If the mistreatment is for example regarding an individual's behaviour, usually some manager, it's much better to talk to a union rep than HR for obvious reasons.
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Unfortunately, it feels like too many people in power would rather go down with the ship than change their ways. Since that would threaten their current privileges.
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What? The general rule in Sweden is that 100m from the coast line is protected.
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Well, as a fellow swede I can say that this is only half the story, because not only do we have the very extensive right to roam law, but we also have an additional law regarding this in particular called "Strandskydd" (literally

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