AmericanEconomicThinkTank

♡ step in the right direction ♡

Of course a sweat-shop owner is a republican.

Let’s see: Spaceflight done as a national and general humanitarian point of pride?

Or good for the bottom line.

Take your pick.

You say that like it’s a bad thing ♡

A man can only dream.

:(

Fun little fact:

During mortgage security and global meltdown, the actual, direct drop in economic valuation due to mismanagement, poor underwriting, etc. wasn’t the cause of the lions share of the overall drop.

Trust was.

True, I do have a habit of getting overly enthusiastic in my use a metaphor, lmao and humor as I see.

Compared to what life was like pre-80’s? Yes absolutely things have improved, but even if improvement of conditions exist for those into the billion, that doesn’t exclude the relative conditions on the ground.

Unemployment is growing in younger demographics at rates near the peak of what the US experienced in 33. If you compare overall, sustain unemployment year to year is worse. Continuing lack in stability in land value has changed what was a bedrock backing for generational social mobility into a risky hedge for many.

As you well know, and have said, just going off of say strength of the ren for pure purchasing power or daily wages is misleading. Compare the shifts in collegiate achievements, the chosen international schools that the middle class are sending their kids to get their degrees. Look towards the shifts in lower class, especially in the cities, towards day labor over even extended work contracts or proper salary. Look towards the accessibility of central heating, plumbing, electricity. See the treatment of the lower half a billion of Chinese society when they need to access healthcare, when they need the law. What is their commute like?

I appreciate your fine estimation of TWB, but a study is only as good as it’s data.

Data from the government, by the government. Have conditions and quality of life improved? Yes. But it was only a few years ago the people were buying gross tonnage of cheap fashion clothes during a rather harsh winter so people could survive the cold by burning it instead of coal to heat their homes.

That’s not even counting the hundreds of millions that live life like it’s the great depression, and the conditions in which they work.

It’s always a joy having two resumes. First, all my real qualifications. Second, good enough to be a janitor if need be.