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Degrowth is about abandoning GDP [gross domestic product] as the single measure of our progress. Degrowth is also about reducing what is unnecessary.
GDP can be increased by producing what is unnecessary, like private jets. I’m saying, OK, maybe we don’t need these things because that’s only for rich people, and that’s also destroying the planet.... See more
GDP can be increased by producing what is unnecessary, like private jets. I’m saying, OK, maybe we don’t need these things because that’s only for rich people, and that’s also destroying the planet.... See more
grist.org • Slow Down, Do Less: A Q&A With the Author Who Introduced 'Degrowth' to a Mass Audience
Tech company cafeterias remain economically viable as a recruitment strategy despite cost-cutting concerns in post-ZIRP era
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And that is not a reality-entangled point of view at all. The economics are just so absurdly attractive.
Every company has a number and few companies disclose it, but finger to the wind, it's probably like $15 per beneficiary per day of what it costs to provide those services.
And $15 next to the total compensation of an engineer, even at a place
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Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan, who is on Bessent's list of people he'll interview as potential Fed chair and is a 2026 FOMC voter, doesn't bury the conclusion in her outlook speech tonight: Cautious about cutting. https://t.co/AMCf0mzTgZ
🚨NEW: Treasury @SecScottBessent schools NBC's Kristen Welker on tariffs and economic data: "Real wages went up under Trump and down with Biden."
"What I like is data. If we look at President Trump's first term... a 20% tariff on China led to a .7% price increase over four years. That's pretty... See more
KanekoaTheGreatx.comI don’t think there is a durable industry based on the idea that central banks are going to hyperinflate existing currency, and I do not think a durable industry will be built around the idea that rules requiring transparency of wealth can be circumvented.
Jessica Lessin • Larry Summers on Trump’s ‘Tragic Precedent,’ TikTok and Regulation
Zohranomics is an effective form of antifascist economic policy. The crisis of economic security that comes with basic questions of dignity & identity is being used by the far right. An agenda laser-focussed on the needs of ordinary people is the way out.
@JohnCassidy @NewYorker https://t.co/jCCCKgvCnO
Non-regressive. Paywalls, like other fixed costs, are regressive: a newspaper at $220/y is effectively much more expensive for someone earning $10k than $100k.