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over on X, New Zealand's housing Minister is publicly going into bat in support of proposed policy reforms that seek to make housing more affordable by removing regulations on minimum areas for apartments and balconies.
x.com/peter_tulip/...
x.com/peter_tulip/...
November 18, 2024 at 8:58 AM
over on X, New Zealand's housing Minister is publicly going into bat in support of proposed policy reforms that seek to make housing more affordable by removing regulations on minimum areas for apartments and balconies.
x.com/peter_tulip/...
x.com/peter_tulip/...
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the more you protect from foreign competition on strategic grounds, the more essential it is you ensure a brutally competitive industry domestically.
we're usually better at the first half of that than the second, unfortunately.
we're usually better at the first half of that than the second, unfortunately.
Not only have high tariffs on Chinese-made cars deprived American consumers of affordable new EVs, but they’ve deprived US automakers of the competitive pressures necessary to force them into producing vehicles that they can actually sell abroad www.wsj.com/business/aut...
November 17, 2024 at 7:31 PM
the more you protect from foreign competition on strategic grounds, the more essential it is you ensure a brutally competitive industry domestically.
we're usually better at the first half of that than the second, unfortunately.
we're usually better at the first half of that than the second, unfortunately.
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A lot of the glee of Trump followers comes from"owning the libs". I'm truly curious to see at what point Trump-supporting intellectuals back away from their man. Imprisoning politicians? Court-martialling generals? Banning vaccines? Maybe they'll ride the Trump train all the way to perdition,
November 18, 2024 at 9:16 AM
A lot of the glee of Trump followers comes from"owning the libs". I'm truly curious to see at what point Trump-supporting intellectuals back away from their man. Imprisoning politicians? Court-martialling generals? Banning vaccines? Maybe they'll ride the Trump train all the way to perdition,
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Millions of Swedes today receive a new edition of advice on how to prepare to survive war. The approaches of Scandinavian countries to public information and risk management is fascinating - and seems unimaginable in western Europe www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sweden, Finland and Norway release new advice on surviving war
Sweden said the new advice follows a worsening security situation, by which it means the war in Ukraine.
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November 18, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Millions of Swedes today receive a new edition of advice on how to prepare to survive war. The approaches of Scandinavian countries to public information and risk management is fascinating - and seems unimaginable in western Europe www.bbc.com/news/article...