War, on drugs

Economics is just a set of tools for solving constrained optimization problems. The tools can be used to optimise anything, it doesn’t have to be production or consumption. We could choose to optimize for care, or social capital, or QALYs, or global hamster populations.

That’s a euphonium

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this position looks interesting! are there any specific teaching needs that applicants should address?

Sure, but there was a not small amount of outsourcing to secretaries, typist pools, and wives

See also: Flag of Convenience

Small, positive.

And if the inflation index is just the product, and doesn’t include transaction fees, shipping, retailer subscription fees, surcharges, and on-time delivery guarantee costs, well, inflation will still be officially lower while consumer costs increase.

Sure, assume an index of online retail prices became a standard for inflation & gov’t has an incentive to keep inflation in a target range. Given Amazon tariff pricing transparency example, online retail is vulnerable to gov’t pressure, so gov’t policy will mean bread is officially 16 kopecks.

the scientist who figures out faster than light travel will also be a weird little gremlin person who loves figuring out stuff like why there's a .0000001% variance between seven different ways of measuring the same physical constant

And or but for the fore but and nor but for the butt.

There would be an entire industry springing up overnight advertising to and influencing these choices - spending would be dominated by industries most able to afford effective public advertising campaigns.