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by qqqwerty 7y ago
These places are already overburdened by people living off of social security and disability insurance. At least with UBI they will get a better mix of working aged and abled bodied individuals.
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The 'Universal' part of UBI is the key here. The problem with our current patch work of social programs is that the constituencies for each program are fractured and disorganized. A child tax credit here, a food program there, i
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My original comment could probably use an edit or two, but we are actually in agreement. Some context that was left out, inflation has been stubbornly low this past decade[1]. For many of us, this feels counterintuitive based on our experie
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In the hypothetical case where the minimum rent in the entire US becomes $1000 (and the laws of supply/demand have not magically disappeared), then that means all of the livable areas in the country have been revitalized enough to dema
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UBI removes the geographical constraints that have been distorting the US housing market. There are plenty of areas in the country that would gladly absorb excess housing demand, but the lack the jobs and economic prospects of those areas m
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There are 2 issues that I was attempting to demonstrate, but perhaps I conflated them a bit. Here is second attempt: Inflation requires a persistent and durable increase in the price of a good. The first issue is that a large proportion o
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by qqqwerty 7y ago
Inflation is a non-issue. Economic growth has largely been constrained by demand, not supply. And the modern economy is saturated with replacement goods. If the demand for milk goes up, I can switch to soy milk. If soy milk goes up, I can
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South Korea has been administering way more tests than anyone else: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/ There is plenty of evidence that many cases are asymptomatic or mild which means the
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> Many (Media, Democrats) are trying to leverage this to their political advantage To date, most of the complaints about the current administrations' handling of COVID-19 have been about the cuts to the CDC, the history of Pence and
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I think a better framework to think about this is 'Bullshit Businesses', not bullshit jobs. A lot of companies only exist to make the owners/investors rich, provide little to no value to the world, and/or rely on dirt ch
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Python2 in 2015 is/was defensible. There were still a lot of libraries that did not have support for python3 at that time. The inflection point was probably around 2016.
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Do you only care about economic injustice when its perpetrated by companies led by left-leaning management, or do you apply that same scrutiny to right-leaning industries and companies as well? What are your thoughts on the Coal industry a
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I think the fed realizes that they can only do so much in a situation like this. Adjusting interest rates is a very crude lever, and it won't really have much of an impact on something like a sudden unemployment spike due to supply cha
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Is it though? Certainly some folks are over-reacting, but the vast majority of the population seems to be going about their normal routines. And considering that it might be possible to push transmission rates lower by educating the publi
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I think your logic is sound, but I assume the folks who claim 'you can't trust the numbers coming our of China' are probably assuming that the numbers are being intentionally underreported for political reasons. I have no ide
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This is entirely speculation, but I think the poor air quality could also explain/contribute to the differences in COVID-19 mortality. I read somewhere that smokers were more susceptible to the disease. It seems like populations with p
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It depends on what you expect to happen and what your goals are. If you are trying to 'batten down the hatches' in preparation of a recession + a surge in inflation, then you can invest in TIPS[1]. You can also invest in safe shor
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The Uber vs Lyft market share wars are a great example of this misallocation. Due to all of the VC money sloshing around both companies are forced to raise and spend ungodly amounts of money in order to fight for market share. In a more rat
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As a counter point, my current gas powered car only gets about 240mi/385km in range. And my car before that was 300mi/480km. So compared to that a 300mi range is perfectly adequate.
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I am well aware of the limitations, was merely pointing out that renewables could greatly improve the status quo when it comes to resiliency for a large portion of the population. And the extreme latitudes can still benefit from solar in th
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I am not quite sure I understand your point. Renewable electricity has the potential to be the most resilient form of energy we have ever had. You can already generate enough electricity for a typical home by putting solar panels on the roo
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I started my career in a consulting company where I was doing technical work with a lot of client interaction. I am now an engineer with very little client facing responsibilities and am much happier. There were a few problems that I experi
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> 100% false, Friedman's negative income tax WAS NOT a UBI Uhhh, you are flat out wrong. They are basically the same thing[1]. Here is a link from CATO (a conservative outlet) talking about how the benefit of UBI is it would replac
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> Furthermore, because you're an Iowa-denialist you probably should lose your job and never hold another job ever again. Cancel Culture! Your attempt to silence my Iowa-denialism proves that the Iowa-exists researchers are a dissent
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It is a complicated issue and there were number of unintended consequences. But the main one is that long time property owners (NIMBYs) are insulated from (if not down right incentivized to support) anti-development measures. Because their
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Prop 13, one of the major factors in the CA housing crisis, was a Republican led initiative passed in 1978. This may come as a surprise to you, but CA was Republican leaning until fairly recently (remember Arnold Schwarzenegger?). A lot of
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Debates can make for great entertainment, but are a poor forum for establishing truth and fact. Case in point, the 'cancel culture' argument is designed to shift the debate away from the science and instead focuses the debate on t
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> Remember, scientists need to eat too. The oil industry is literally the wealthiest industry in the history of the world. Oil companies and petrostates are perfectly capable of funding and feeding any and all contrarian scientists. I f
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I think you would have to use a vessel that could withstand underwater pressures. I imagine that would be on the expensive side, probably more expensive than the concrete blocks. And if the the vessel compresses at all, I think you loose ef
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That is a poor quality source. A lot of "hand wavy" arguments with little to no citations.

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