#Economy

Given that 'discourse' has descended unto us, mediated as it is by an economy built on commoditizing attention and a culture that rewards immediacy, we must go back to first
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Western media invented #UighurGenocide and #Uighurconcentrationcamps, but when they report on Xinjiang Uighur region, they always forget their own lies, so improbable are their inventions. There're supposedly 380 detention camps.
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China vs Australia Although iron ore exports to China are growing strongly, Oz share of the pie has shrunkAustralia share of China's iron ore imports falls 10 ppts from April.
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The landlord discussion is interesting. Me personally see the contempt arising through two separate avenues; an economic one and a humanitarian, with the emotion (and the focus of public discourse)
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About once a week I see posts here lamenting how combat is "boring" and a "slog". There are many explanations given, 'it's the action economy", "it's the d20", "there are
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1) So @dyrenfurth has cuddled up to Murdoch rag @australian to espouse his prediction of a Labor loss at the next election.When will Labor’s right wing ideologues in the party
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The thing about some of them is that they believe, they want, they wish, they hope & then they exult in anything negative. Every step to reform or bring change
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A thread of books read in 2020. I managed to read 53 books. You can find some legal non fiction, philosophy, biographies, memoirs, economics, political theory and a little bit
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From 1960 to 1980 --> Inflation increased from 2% to 13%.From 1980 to 2000 --> Inflation dropped from 13% back to 2%.Inflation cycles are much longer and it creeps in
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Short of abolishing food service as it currently exists since it is horribly exploitative at every level of production and barely makes a profit, we could, as a city, restrict
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I'm just about ready to throw in the towel. This is a total casino. The way I see it, the world's wealthiest investors are sucking capital out of the system
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This morning at #mydataonline2020 we're discussing different approaches to data stewardship and potential principles individuals and organisations can follow in their interactions with data w/ @KapoorAstha, @kaodro, @javicreus, Jessica
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My OH received his NHS shielding letter today. It explains the extension til end July & how from August he can go out incl. 2 shops but given his "increased
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Even if it was a “$2000 check” as was endlessly repeated leading up the Georgia election, it would still be the nearly the weakest if not the weakest relief in
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Our cases are growing, leading to some big steps to slow the spread. Each step addresses areas that our data tells us are driving the spike: mostly adults from multiple
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One reason I've never much liked the phrase "trickle-down economics" is that it's kind of a straw man.The GOP's argument was never literally that by cutting taxes for the rich,
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