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- shapesalad2
Facebook parent company Meta confirms 10,000 layoffs in coming months...
- shapesalad0
Who will bailout the bail-outers?
- utopian2
- could the increase in productivity account for the investment in robotics and machinery?hotroddy
- theft.jpgi_monk
- I'm sure that's what they said about the printing presshotroddy
- hotknobby economicsutopian
- would it make you feel better if they paid the robots more?hotroddy
- its to do with te founding of te world economic forum and globalisation in 1974. companies around te world started to exploit their staff and move depts overseatrooperbill
- MrT2
Just finished this, I'd love to know what others thought if they have. It's occasionally a bit jargontastic but well written and made a lot of sense.
Before anyone shouts commie, the general gist is that democracy and capitalism are vital to each other, but not in their current forms.
Martin Wolff is the FT's chief economics commentator and the blurb says he's as likely as anyone to be read by political and business leaders. And some twat on QBN.
- *WolfMrT
- Sounds like more of the same "it's not capitalism, it's corporatism" apologetics.i_monk
- It's not that. The deterioration of democracy has coincided the excesses of modern capitalism and they both need adjusting, is the gist.MrT
- If you think Trump or Johnson were good for politics and share buybacks are the best use of company profits then you'll be challenged.MrT
- utopian2
Norfolk Southern Boosted Shareholder Payouts 4,500%, Slashed Workforce 33% Prior To Ohio Disaster.
- Gnash1
- Looks like all the fellas in shoreditch...shapesalad
- Funnily enough, it's very close to how I imagined you looked Shapefadein11
- gnash is constantly triggered by people with coloured hair. he can't help himself, like Tourettes lolface_melter
- The hair is just the icingGnash
- personal pronouns are..autoflavour
- utopian1
- If the Mouse is the symbol of Disney why is it poor?palimpsest
- The Recession is near. Most of these cuts barely bring employment back to pre-pandemic levels, so it's not as earth shattering as headlines make it sound.formed
- I thought the recession was already here.palimpsest
- Man... We had not yet recovered from the previous recession, me at leastOBBTKN
- yuekit2
Adani Group, one of India's biggest companies, loses over $100 billion in value after shortsellers issue a report accusing them of fraudulent practices.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/02/…
"How The World’s 3rd Richest Man Is Pulling The Largest Con In Corporate History"
- Funny enough, itn's nowhere near what Tesla has lost.formed
- OBBTKN0
- Hell by designPhanLo
- Guess she opted out of short and long term disability insurance. Not a good idea since it’s so cheapmonospaced
- https://i.imgflip.co…drgs
- That's what happens when make bad life choices.palimpsest
- mono punching down again. yeah, it's her fault for falling ill rather than decrying a system built entirely for profit and not for helping those in need.face_melter
- Bitch had it coming!palimpsest
- Just-World Fallacy is at the heart of capitalist realism, as demonstrated by mono.i_monk
- definitely the system to blame here, even the best insurance will bankrupt a middle class family in the case of long time care. no discount for volume.imbecile