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>Making people unemployed is a key goal

Considering one of the main goals of the central bank is to maximize employment, this perspective might be extending into unfounded conspiracy territory.

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Perhaps they're prioritising preventing hyperinflation, and willing to break eggs (layoffs) for that inflation-under-control omelette. Either way, it's all not much fun right now :(

I tend to think the rise in unemployment in tech is a regression to the mean. We’ve just gotten lulled into think the best of times is the norm.

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