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by tchalla 4y ago
> But the loss to Haiti cannot just be measured by adding up how much was paid to France and to outside lenders over the years. > Every franc shipped across the Atlantic to an overseas bank vault was a franc not circulating among Hait
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> After reviewing thousands of pages of archival documents, some centuries old, and consulting with 15 of the world’s leading economists, our correspondents calculated that the payments to France cost Haiti from $21 billion to $115 bill
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> We found that Haitians paid about $560 million in today’s dollars. But that doesn’t nearly capture the true loss. If that money had simply stayed in the Haitian economy and grown at the nation’s actual pace over the last two centuries
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by tchalla 4y ago
And unfortunately, it's not just France > For decades to come, the United States was the dominant power in Haiti, dissolving parliament at gunpoint, killing thousands and shipping a big portion of Haiti’s earnings to bankers in New
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by tchalla 4y ago
You can always calculate your personal rate of inflation https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Economy/Prices/Consumer-Pr...
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Ha, benevolent US defending itself! Exhibit A - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%27%C3%A...
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No, you shouldn’t. The society can create bounds around what you can create. You are free to not like it that’s the freedom you get from the society.
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You can’t say/do anything you want to - that’s how society works. If you don’t like it, you can free to not conduct business. No one is forcing you to offer an service or app. The society is fine in making that trade off.
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The solution of course is to have one country - the US - making and decdiding the rules easy-peasy. Sorry for the snark but thinking about different aspects in the world is “actual work”. You don’t find it interesting and creative - fine. B
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The free markets are not efficient. That’s the core reason why there are mismatches between price and value.
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Surely you understand my overall point. The concept of PTO doesn’t apply because PTO in the US includes sick leave. Most European countries carve out that separately. The word is not used in Europe and exclusively an US import. Not only is
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Paid time off in the US includes sick leave. It’s not useful to stick to acronyms which aren’t applicable n that specific context.
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> 4 weeks of PTO There’s vacation and sick leave in most of EU. PTO is an acronym used in the US and the concept doesn’t apply in Europe.
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I really appreciate you pointing out that difference. Critical reading is a skill.
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In the world where US controls the petrodollar system. That world.
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Yeah Remote Where? I can’t believe job postings and websites can’t list this information upfront without asking for it. Most of such offers are typically from the US, which says something about the mindset of the society.
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Thanks. Can you post a link to the news?
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It’s kind of a trend these days to not give advice with caveats. I almost ignore advice which doesn’t explain the context and boundary conditions around it.
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Can you explain the corruption here?
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The case for turning off your Zoom camera(bbc.com)
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> How much more evidence do you need to see that more liberty is better than less? I guess a bit more than a subjective comment on HN.
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I’m not sure if having some badly designed products doesn’t make one a great physical product designer. It’s completely possible to be a great product designer with few bad products. I’m not arguing that Ive is a great designer. Ok just say
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I am glad you find it as an opening conversation. > Can you please tell me who is suffering from Amazon existing? Who has a net negative outcome from that? What have you done to find out how Amazon affects different groups?
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I have stopped being surprised by this on the Internet. It’s nauseating and very off putting. I’m amazed how people can’t think there are other ways of dealing with the same issue.
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You CAN become a billionaire with providing value to millions while contributing / actively worsening conditions for another section of the society. You can understand the hate, it’s your choice not to because the outcome is a net posi
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People who 'danced themselves to death'(bbc.com)
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Remote work.
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Mexico City and the pitfalls of becoming a remote work destination(vox.com)
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Is a virus we all have causing multiple sclerosis?(bbc.com)
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The End of Alcohol(wired.com)
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