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men make less money than women? I think a lot of it is evidence of discrimination but where's the evidence for this?
August 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
men make less money than women? I think a lot of it is evidence of discrimination but where's the evidence for this?
since home prices are a zero sum game between buyers and sellers does a decline in housing prices necessarily indicate a recession?
June 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
since home prices are a zero sum game between buyers and sellers does a decline in housing prices necessarily indicate a recession?
Tariffs directly raise prices on the items that are tariffs but because they are a taxes they slow growth and lower inflation. This article is from the first term trump tariffs but still applies.
Also the tariffs are pretty small in the scope of the economy. www.morganstanley.com/im/publicati...
Also the tariffs are pretty small in the scope of the economy. www.morganstanley.com/im/publicati...
www.morganstanley.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Tariffs directly raise prices on the items that are tariffs but because they are a taxes they slow growth and lower inflation. This article is from the first term trump tariffs but still applies.
Also the tariffs are pretty small in the scope of the economy. www.morganstanley.com/im/publicati...
Also the tariffs are pretty small in the scope of the economy. www.morganstanley.com/im/publicati...
i don't know how varying the states can fix the huge disconnect between engaged and disengaged voters that's emerged since ~2018...
June 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
i don't know how varying the states can fix the huge disconnect between engaged and disengaged voters that's emerged since ~2018...
SF also lost the Niners and for whatever problems SF has I don't think letting them go is that important.
April 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
SF also lost the Niners and for whatever problems SF has I don't think letting them go is that important.
Don't think the East Bay is any better or worse off having lost all their teams, same with San Diego & the Chargers...
April 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Don't think the East Bay is any better or worse off having lost all their teams, same with San Diego & the Chargers...
Also declining marriage rates explains over half of the tfr reduction rather than decline in fertility within marriages which suggests to me that people are generally not declining to have kids because of how their marriage is working
February 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Also declining marriage rates explains over half of the tfr reduction rather than decline in fertility within marriages which suggests to me that people are generally not declining to have kids because of how their marriage is working
Egalitarian family structure explains the difference between low (1.5-1.75) and ultra low (sub 1) fertility rates but this wouldn’t even get us back to the us tfr of the 2000s…..
February 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Egalitarian family structure explains the difference between low (1.5-1.75) and ultra low (sub 1) fertility rates but this wouldn’t even get us back to the us tfr of the 2000s…..
It’s really hard to find any tactical fault with the way pelosi and Reid handled 2005-2008 but bush still did a tremendous amount of harm
February 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It’s really hard to find any tactical fault with the way pelosi and Reid handled 2005-2008 but bush still did a tremendous amount of harm
Even perfect opposition can’t prevent a malevolent or incompetent administration from hurting a lot of people, unfortunately
February 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Even perfect opposition can’t prevent a malevolent or incompetent administration from hurting a lot of people, unfortunately
Liberals are always saying these language issues don’t matter but I’ve never seen a liberal say “it doesn’t matter so we are happy to surrender the issue”
February 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Liberals are always saying these language issues don’t matter but I’ve never seen a liberal say “it doesn’t matter so we are happy to surrender the issue”
I tend to expect billionaires to have bad politics… I’m assuming the biggest shareholders of chevron, Saudi Aramco, McDonald’s, Walmart, etc all have pretty shit politics, but very few make purchasing decisions based on this
February 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I tend to expect billionaires to have bad politics… I’m assuming the biggest shareholders of chevron, Saudi Aramco, McDonald’s, Walmart, etc all have pretty shit politics, but very few make purchasing decisions based on this
To be the core (good) insight of Carter-Clinton-Obama neoliberalism was that government cannot create meaning and purpose in your life. Politics can’t replace family, church, work, community, etc. It seems arnade really hates this idea but it’s unclear what an alternative would be
February 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
To be the core (good) insight of Carter-Clinton-Obama neoliberalism was that government cannot create meaning and purpose in your life. Politics can’t replace family, church, work, community, etc. It seems arnade really hates this idea but it’s unclear what an alternative would be
i don’t think having exact parity is necessary, but the current status where high demand occupations and very senior folks can get a 200% pay increase in the private sector has obvious downsides as well (you can’t recruit from the private sector and public servants will see it as a stepping stone…)
February 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
i don’t think having exact parity is necessary, but the current status where high demand occupations and very senior folks can get a 200% pay increase in the private sector has obvious downsides as well (you can’t recruit from the private sector and public servants will see it as a stepping stone…)
Honestly the only thing preserving democracy at any time is the willingness of conservative elites not to throw in with anti-democratic populists…
February 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Honestly the only thing preserving democracy at any time is the willingness of conservative elites not to throw in with anti-democratic populists…
Many good things (liberal democracy, free trade, even small amounts of foreign aid) are contingent on bipartisan elite consensus and will not survive if placed on the ballot
February 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Many good things (liberal democracy, free trade, even small amounts of foreign aid) are contingent on bipartisan elite consensus and will not survive if placed on the ballot
I hate hegseth but given the territorial issue over Crimea is never likely to be resolved how can nato membership make sense?
February 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I hate hegseth but given the territorial issue over Crimea is never likely to be resolved how can nato membership make sense?
I think you need to capture some of Bernie’s more feral instincts (feral in the sense they were not checked by the party apparatus). Get some more anti-rich conspiracies out there. It looks like trump is going to fuck up so bad the conspiracy theories might end up being true though
February 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I think you need to capture some of Bernie’s more feral instincts (feral in the sense they were not checked by the party apparatus). Get some more anti-rich conspiracies out there. It looks like trump is going to fuck up so bad the conspiracy theories might end up being true though
This seems less true than ever given who is currently the president
February 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This seems less true than ever given who is currently the president
2006-08 are arguably the worst elections in recent history for an incumbent party, was that even presaged by a popular movement of any note? iraq war protestors were correct but weren’t really newsworthy by ‘05
February 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
2006-08 are arguably the worst elections in recent history for an incumbent party, was that even presaged by a popular movement of any note? iraq war protestors were correct but weren’t really newsworthy by ‘05
Jokic in particular is probably the best conditioned center to ever play in the league… his effort level and motor is a significant part of his elite performance
January 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Jokic in particular is probably the best conditioned center to ever play in the league… his effort level and motor is a significant part of his elite performance
I think they kind of take every lesson from the bush administration about frustrating the “reality based community” and apply it to every issue, they just make shit up constantly and dare liberals to keep up
January 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I think they kind of take every lesson from the bush administration about frustrating the “reality based community” and apply it to every issue, they just make shit up constantly and dare liberals to keep up
I think a lot of this becomes easier when you’re not in power
January 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I think a lot of this becomes easier when you’re not in power
Yeah ‘02-04 was the most shamefully biased media environment I can remember, it was so bad milquetoast liberal Jon Stewart became a liberal icon
January 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Yeah ‘02-04 was the most shamefully biased media environment I can remember, it was so bad milquetoast liberal Jon Stewart became a liberal icon