Globalization is over: US proposes to ban Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles
Globalization is over and this path is crazy.
Economy: There are at least two ways to cut costs
More subsidies and price controls is always the answer. And the wrong answer.
Public health: “No one ever said the vaccine would stop infection” #Covid #Vaccines
There's a meme on social media that no one ever said #Covid vaccines would stop infection. That's bizarre as it is easily shown many experts claimed the vax would stop…
Demographics: Number of immigrants needed to maintain constant working age population to 2050
The U.S. needs about 1.4 million immigrants per year through 2050 to maintain the working age population.
Politics: Study says smart people are liberal
There's a funny alternative explanation...
Why not put price controls on health care?
If it makes sense to put price controls on food, then why not health care? Health insurance? University tuition? Government services?
Policy: Universal Basic Income
The Denver Basic Income project is presented as using UBI to end homelessness. Except that's not what happened.
Austria says government should monitor all communications
All your messages are belong to us.
Crime: NYC spends US $1,500+ per day per incarcerated criminal
NYC spends more than one half million dollars per incarcerated inmate per year - or more than $1,500 per day spent in jail.
Demographics: Immigration to be sole source of population growth in coming decades (for rich countries)
Wealthy countries' population growth will soon come exclusively from immigration.