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FBaggins

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13. The premise is faulty
Fri Apr 24, 2015, 11:13 AM
Apr 2015
The economy doesn’t make stuff anymore. That much you know.

If you "know" that... then you don't actually know much. Because it simply isn't true.
Inspired writing BeyondGeography Apr 2015 #1
Aaron James, Assholes - A Theory tk2kewl Apr 2015 #2
I will have to read this more. Xyzse Apr 2015 #3
Human parasites... feeding off the lifeblood of others Cosmic Kitten Apr 2015 #4
Should be read in conjunction with this seminal article by KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #5
Parkinson's Law 1939 Apr 2015 #8
The political commentator Kevin Phillips has written that empires like America's tend KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #9
Parkinson wasn't speaking to that 1939 Apr 2015 #12
I think that shows up in things like the VA and Social Security Administration when the person jwirr Apr 2015 #17
And it's our rivals that improve us.... daleanime Apr 2015 #11
Excellent! ctsnowman Apr 2015 #15
excellent read handmade34 Apr 2015 #18
K & R !!! Thespian2 Apr 2015 #6
He makes his point early — our economy now makes assholes . . . brush Apr 2015 #7
K&FuckingR...... daleanime Apr 2015 #10
The premise is faulty FBaggins Apr 2015 #13
It's not that the economy doesn't make stuff Spider Jerusalem Apr 2015 #19
That's pretty much the size of it FBaggins Apr 2015 #25
+1 truth tridim Apr 2015 #27
Kickety-Kick-a-Doodle-Kick Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #14
K&R 1,000,000 ! LiberalElite Apr 2015 #16
"The economy doesn’t make stuff anymore. That much you know" EX500rider Apr 2015 #20
Be careful, because you know....facts. Some people here on DU are opposed to them.They don't support okaawhatever Apr 2015 #32
utter bunk taught_me_patience Apr 2015 #21
No, she doesn't HAVE to Demeter Apr 2015 #22
My sympathies are with the young lady described in the article! LongTomH Apr 2015 #33
Stop shopping before it's too late! L0oniX Apr 2015 #23
So we've downgraded from "Worker Relations" amb123 Apr 2015 #24
K&R G_j Apr 2015 #26
Time to shutter the "business schools." hifiguy Apr 2015 #28
The Koch Brothers and their ilk are buying them all up before we can do that. (nm) Elwood P Dowd Apr 2015 #29
K&R.. Awesome. SomethingFishy Apr 2015 #30
Sure it does. KamaAina Apr 2015 #31
K & R Scurrilous Apr 2015 #34
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