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I'd be curious about the extent to which Belgium's postal banking system might play a role. What percentage of the population is unbanked compared to the US at ~4.5%? The unbanked probably wouldn't be contributing a particularly sizeable chunk as they skew toward the impoverished, but just having accessible banking options in early Iife probably contributes to a higher per capita savings rate?
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pseudanonymous posted:Freakonomics recently did an episode about how housing the industry has not increased productivity in tandem with other industries, and interviewed various people about why.
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"Historic districts" are exempt, so, whoops!, it looks like our entire rich neighborhood of relatively new build mansions is historic.
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Small business, big business, gently caress em all, give me an egalitarian, growth-oriented state ruled by accountable technocrats with complete command and control of the economy. But, in all seriousness, as much as I can get behind the criticisms of our corporate overlords, folks have far too rosy a picture of what they've (partially) replaced. Not all that different from the long-standing critiques of industrialization putting skilled artisans out of work—guilds restricting supply to maintain their profits and a broader spurning of investment in development helped ensure the past was a terrible time to be alive. There's no moment worse than the one we're living in, except for all those that came before it.
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MickeyFinn posted:but that is just a train. 
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Ghost Leviathan posted:A lot of people keep going on about how 'Everyone's going so well but they just have bad vibes about the economy!' but I'm pretty sure you can square that circle with how even people who have relative financial stability now are well aware they are one bad day away from losing it permanently. One medical bill, their landlord deciding to sell, car accident or natural disaster and their savings and security are gone. It's entirely fine and doable to be upset about and fight against inequities which result in economic precarity without also forcing an awkward and ill-fitted reinterpretation of the data to raise urgency.
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Femtosecond posted:It's like how folks were probably talking about Japan in the late 70s early 80s. Mmm, yes, Japan, a country whose economy is well known to have eclipsed that of the United States since the 1980s. Last time I checked in circa 1990, their trajectory was indeed indomitable!
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:All cars are a lot heavier in large part because they are safer.* * against similarly oversized vehicles, exclusively for those in the car; for everyone else or for smaller vehicles, they're significantly more dangerous
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