Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Radical Classical Liberals) The Minimum wage and symbolic behavior
President Biden wants to raise the minimum wage (MW) to $15. Many politicians, labor unions, and others support this policy. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, however, predicted that raising the MW will cost 1.4 million jobs. Economists already knew this, of course. By a simple application of the law and supply and demand we can…
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(QC RSS) Cold Open
be careful Willow
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(Cat and Girl) Now Boarding
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on It Just Happened Here by Irfan Khawaja
Michael, As if on cue, The New York Times has this article in today’s issue: There’s a question how far beyond Michigan this generalizes, but I don’t think it’s reasonably disputable that the phenomenon itself, in Michigan, as …
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(Radical Classical Liberals) The goal of corporations should not be maximizing profit for shareholders
Back in 2019, the Business Roundtable, a nonprofit whose membership comprises most of the US’s top CEOs, issued a statement endorsing the view that the purpose of the business corporation is to deliver value to all stakeholders, not just to advance the interests of shareholders. The World Economic Forum, best known for hosting an annual…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Classic sibling stuff
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(Our World in Data) The world has lost one-third of its forest, but an end of deforestation is possible
Over the last 10,000 years the world has lost one-third of its forests. An area twice the size of the United States.Half occurred in the last century.
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(QC RSS) Semiotics
yeah maaaan
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on It Just Happened Here by Irfan Khawaja
Michael, Final comment on this for now, responding to your Feb 3 comment above. I guess the first issue for me is: would you still insist on throwing the term “fascism” out of political discourse? Second point: a person can be a fascist wit…
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(Our World in Data) Vaccinations and the impact of COVID-19 – our continuously-updated data for Israel
Israel has been vaccinating its population the fastest against COVID-19. Track how the pandemic in the country is evolving.
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