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The Domestic Product. Ben Hoffman explains low fertility: we are poor where it counts (benjaminrosshoffman.com) posted 2w ago with 10 replies 15 15

The Domestic Product 15 15

Thank you for the breath of fresh air. I wholly agree that status is not the most important factor. The economic arguments seem completely unconvincing as it doesn't explain how in terms of "leisure time, space, and childcare help" the average person was m... 1w ago 9 9

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The case for Trump's deficit-reciprocal tariff plan
I didn't get the Trump tariffs at first. It seemed like a hastily implemented half-thought economic trainwreck. Or at least that's what the stock market says. But now I think I understand some of the logic. ... posted 3w ago with 9 replies 15 15

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this criticism sounds wise but it has no substance. Who even is invoking global macro doomerism, moral narratives, or the "global trading system"? CTRL-F tells me its only you, anon. The basic subject at hand is the financial unsustainability of a trade de... 2w ago 7 7

this criticism sound 7 7

Trump is crashing the financial economy with no survivors. Is this OK?
I see a lot of people complaining about tariffs and stock market crash and all this. We all knew Trump's agenda was gong to hit the fake economy hard. But maybe it's hitting the real economy too, and maybe for no good reason. I have no opinion but I'm curi... posted 2mo ago with 4 replies 10 10

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If tariffs were going to cause short term pain but long term gain, then financial markets would be reacting favorably. They're not. ... 1mo ago 11 11

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Will All Our Drugs Come From China?
This is a fascinating article. In new molecular entities count (i.e. drugs entering clinical research pipeline) China has already surpassed EU and is rapidly catching up to US. All the major western pharma companies are licensing drugs from china and expan... posted 4mo ago with 1 reply 3 3

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Interesting. I'm skeptical of the existence of beneficial drugs. I always thought it was a dumb cope when Americans are like "yeah China might control the means of production but our pharma industry is bigger. It's like having a bigger entertainment indust... 4mo ago 5 5

Interesting. I'm ske 5 5

Hedging Against Economic Depression
As you all are aware, the U.S. has been experiencing tremendous levels of inflation recently. Much of this is a post-COVID stimulus reaction. ... posted 12mo ago with 15 replies 13 13

Hedging Against Econ 13 13

I have a finance friend who owns a lot of equity in farmland as part of his prepper-oriented portfolio. 6mo ago 1 1

I have a finance fri 1 1

The Drone Question. Is America screwed by lack of industrial capacity?
The war in Ukraine is teaching us that explosive hunter-seeker drones, FPV piloted or autonomous, are shockingly overpowered. Flying panzerfausts are wrecking armor for fractional cents on the dollar, and flying grenades are blowing the legs off of boys wh... posted 11mo ago with 40 replies 20 20

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consumer demand is a complete red herring here. Consumers should not be buying drone swarms or even thinking about it. The question is whether hackers are building novel stuff and then getting into manufacturing, and then whether the manufacturing ecosyste... 10mo ago 8 8

consumer demand is a 8 8

Why don't people realize that 'high software profit margins' are fugazi?
The popular reason pure software companies have great profit margins is for marginal investment in providing the product/service to more users, given software's replicability. That's the reason everyone likes to repeat. ... posted 13mo ago with 19 replies 5 5

Why don't people rea 5 5

If we're going to delve into economics, I would advocate including the modern Austrians in addition to the conventional neoclassical authors like Marshall. ... 13mo ago 2 2

If we're going to de 2 2