It’s not how normal people talk. You can’t achieve similar meaning with the word “hunger” plus whatever modifiers? Some conciseness can be sacrificed to be intelligible to the average voter

Idk the economist perspective on plastics might be to tax all new non-recycled plastics… an externality just like carbon. That would be reasonable. People bring different perspectives and that’s often (not always) useful.

I interpret this as the shale revolution having unlocked massive quantities of untapped reserves which are economic are various price points. The incentive to invest billions in high risk offshore projects is greatly reduced when those same billions get guaranteed returns in onshore US…

The internet is pretty new. A few decades into the invention of the printing press I think its net effect on rationality wasn’t terribly clear..

Also we now have bigger platforms for stupidity - the biggest morons of the 1980’s weren’t on social media (but almost certainly existed)

Who could have predicted???

Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.

It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.

New Housing Slows Rent Growth Most for Older, More Affordable Units The nationwide housing shortage has driven rents up more in low-income neighborhoods than in the U.S. overall, but in areas that have recently added large amounts of housing, rents have fallen the mos...

These results are relevant for policymakers concerned about renters’ displacement as the costs of housing rise. The findings suggest that not allowing more homes to be built—even for high-income residents—pushes up all rents, making it harder for low-income tenants to remain in their neighborhoods.

YIMBY policy prescriptions are firmly rooted in empirical analysis of housing markets and supported by the overwhelming majority of practitioners.

The ONLY way to make housing broadly affordable is to legalize and build enough homes to meet demand in the places people want to live.

When four homes replace a SFH, each new home is about the same price as the original, and at 5 units or more, the new homes tend to be more affordable. But the critical comparison is to the 1-for-1 replacement — a mansionization, in other words.

Single family zoning effectively mandates McMansionization and economic displacement in high-demand neighborhoods by making it illegal to replace older single family houses with several smaller, less-expensive homes.

“We, writers, painters, sculptors, architects, & lovers of the beauty of Paris that was until now intact, come to protest with all our might… against the erection in the very heart of our capital, of the useless & monstrous Eiffel Tower.”

- Protest against Eiffel Tower. 1889 🇫🇷

As a Democrat, I think we should try to get elected and that’s how we do the most good. Like how Obama was not openly pro gay marriage in 2008 but put in judges that ultimately made America a better place for gay people. He was (probably) strategic and that helps people.

I also *personally* see the value of affirmative action. It’s just a very unpopular policy with most Americans, including minorities. So now the best way to help is probably to focus on the poor generally. But yes, assuming someone is racist on very little info is not ideal.

Lots of assumptions there… I’d totally vote for universal health coverage, for example. That doesn’t require banning private health insurance, which was discussed in the 2020 primary and would make a universal coverage plan face much more (unnecessary) opposition

Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.

Funny thing about this website is that everyone just assumes everyone else on here hates Trump so a growing number of people have stopped trying to explain why/how a given policy is stupid and just gesture at a headline and be like "stupid, huh?"

Can't possibly see any drawbacks to that strategy.

My focus would be on poverty and homelessness and childcare and saving social security, but we don’t have to have the same priorities- that’s OK

That’s fine we don’t all have to agree : )

You seem nice…

Geologic Periods

⚒️ Another good geologic xkcd (I chuckled at the Quarternary)!

Although there are some opportunities for expansion at the beginning and end.

That Dems poll worse than either party in 35 years should be a BIG wake up call.

Ideas we need to ditch:
Affirmative action
Banning private health insurance
Being generally anti cop/policing
Implying you want to phase out ICE cars anytime soon
Focus on trans issues

Not my views, just prioritize

While this is good for climate, I’m sure many working class Vietnamese are not happy with any increase in upfront cost of their motorcycles. Do we know what brands of EV motorcycles they’re buying and how much more they are upfront?

Ghislane Maxwell is a child sex trafficker that Trump just gave immunity to in exchange for her silence on him.

Wanna bet she only names democrats now and magically gets pardoned in a few years?

I understand thinking Carville is wrong on the issues or irrelevant… but the level of hate seems… unnecessary

By having more red we steer higher end buyers away from bidding up the existing blue stock

I thought we all agreed we need a higher salary floor for H1Bs? Come on folks, not hard stuff

If we can steer their use for kids primarily as tutors, I think the potential here is huge.

“Who wants to pay more for a car?? No no, don’t worry we get to piss off our allies in the process!”

While large EVs are ridiculous, I think when you do a 1:1 ICE comparison (e.g., Silverado EV vs Silverado ICE) the lifetime emissions from a CO2 point of view are still ~half, not to mention local air pollution benefits… the people that buy the ICE monstrosities weren’t gonna be Leaf buyers anyway

All of the above permitting reform should be front and center… it will obviously disproportionately enable low carbon stuff to scale