economics

For context, you are granted an instant wish that would transform Black America overnight: Option #1: Black Americans would instantly become economically and socially equal with Whites. However, any sense of Black American solidarity or community would rapidly dissipate and only...

I'm just saying :hubie: Record highs, insane valuations, and importantly a turn in the Fed cycle where rate cuts take over from tightening when employment has already started to weaken typically marks the beginning of the end. Enjoy your profits and remember pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered...

https://www.scottsantens.com/why-china-could-surprise-the-world-by-being-the-first-country-to-adopt-universal-basic-income-ubi/ Why China Could Surprise the World by Being the First Country to Adopt Universal Basic Income Scott Santens 23 JAN 2024 — 6 MIN READ Photo by Jezael Melgoza /...

We have grown adults in their 70s, 80s, and 90s basically wasting everyone's time by doing this on the house floor all day..... I find myself not even caring anymore. i feel for the federal employees and contractors tho who gotta have periodic heartattacks every 2 years when the govt...

https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-chatgpt-replace-jobs-unemployment-salaries-technology-economist-daron-acemoglu-2023-9 ISCOURSE ECONOMY The AI heretic How a leading economist learned to start worrying and fear artificial intelligence "This is the last opportunity for us to wake up," warns...

I remember reading this when I was younger and come back to it occasionally. I am not a socialist or even anti-market (I own my own business) but the rhetoric and level of fundamentalism I see from a lot of modern businessmen, economists, and even philosophers brings me back to it often. I would...

Would liberals still support green transition into solar, wind, geo power if it was made in red states? What if none of the tesla factories were in cali and all electric cars were from west virginia or wyoming? What if Texas had a monopoly on car batteries? What if tennesse had a monopoly on...

Black Workers Stopped Making Progress on Pay. Is It Racism? Economists are grappling with how much to blame bias or a changing economy for the widening wage gap over the last 40 years. Share on Facebook Share on WhatsApp Post on Twitter Mail By Eduardo Porter June 28, 2021 June 28...

Dinner with these young brothas vs 1k in cash

Looked for a thread on this and saw several so.... https://www.thecoli.com/threads/why-the-racial-wealth-gap-wont-go-away-cnn.395352/ https://www.thecoli.com/threads/education-alone-can%E2%80%99t-solve-america%E2%80%99s-racial-wealth-gap.325304/...

I'm not a religious guy, but I can really see how the mark of the beast could be introduced into society.:francis: From what i remember, you would need 666 or some random sht like that on your forehead or arm to do transactions in the "end times". Or else the world would shut you out.:mjcry...

For anyone wondering, Does the Federal Reserve or U.S. Treasury Print Money?

We're not even in a recession yet...

Five bucks for a gallon of damn milk? https://nypost.com/2019/03/20/more-than-a-third-of-new-yorkers-say-they-cant-afford-to-live-here/

Millennials Are More Than A Trillion Dollars In Debt, And Most Of Them Don’t Even Own A Home

So Monique and Steve Harvey are having a conversation about the whole Precious and Netflix situations. Steve Harvey said something very interesting (depending on your interpretation). Basically, he said (paraphrasing), "We're black. We can't just do or say anything we want to. There will be...

I'll just copy what was in the Kamala thread.