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umrcumrcu··on Germany Is Losing Its Mojo. Finding It Again Won’t Be Easy
Germany has "record low unemployment" because only it only has a 51% labor participation rate.
umrcumrcu··on Germany Is Losing Its Mojo. Finding It Again Won’t Be Easy
"The decision to phase out of nuclear was good"

This is not correct and the SDP and the Green Party passed a law to phase out nuclear power in Germany in 2000. It wasn't started by the CDU in 2013.

umrcumrcu··on One in five Texans lives in a floodplain, state’s first-ever analysis shows
It's cheap because unlike in CA, NIMBYs can't stop new houses.
umrcumrcu··on Hotel Owners Start to Write Off San Francisco as Business Nosedives
That article is full of fallacies. Brick and mortars in other large cities aren't closing like they are in San Francisco, especially not in the the epicenter of the financial district. Hotel rates in other cities have reached record highs while SF has declined even with inflation.[1]

[1] https://www.otainsight.com/resources/blog/us-hotel-pricing-t...

umrcumrcu··on IBM Chief’s Message to Remote Workers: ‘Your Career Does Suffer’
"Quiet quitters" frankly ruined work from home and these executives are pushing back. This is not surprising.
umrcumrcu··on The socialist calculation debate
Someone has a million in index funds and earns more than a Walmart worker by "sitting on their ass". Are you proposing a ban to that?
umrcumrcu··on The socialist calculation debate
The organizations were not centrally planned by government officials.
umrcumrcu··on The socialist calculation debate
You would effectively ban investment then? No one could earn any money from index funds?
umrcumrcu··on The socialist calculation debate
What wealth limit are you proposing and why wouldn't companies leave for another country?