Remember, this was at a time when German government bonds were sold with _negative_ interest. So, Germany was refusing to take on any further debt at the time to invest (i.E. in social capital like workers, better immigration, in infrastructure etc. etc.) and is now trying to rectify this partially, at a time where interest rates are close to 3%. Personally, to me as a non-economist, this feels like a missed opportunity of a lifetime.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextcloud

https://youtu.be/iV2ViNJFZC8?feature=shared

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> underperformers lying about to cull

is not just bad wording. By definition, there will always be underperformers. A profitable company only has "too many" employees if you think it has to pay a larger dividend to its owners / shareholders or that future growth is mandatory.

Why is it not fine when a company is more or less breaking even but paying good salaries to its employees?

I point to my sibling post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38201807

Visual social media like TikTok and instagram seem to be a different beast than TV, WhatsApp and other media.

It’s claiming exactly that: certain social media as a cause of mental health deterioration among teens especially girls

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twentyfifty [0] is a management consultancy helping international corporate clients to turn corporate responsibility commitments into practice in their value chains.

We are a certified B-corporation [1] with a wonderfully passionate team that believes in the quality and purpose of our work.

If the following statements resonate with you, we should get in touch:

"Understanding how companies impact people and how this could be measured fascinates me. I follow the news but when people cite studies, I often think 'I wish more people understood the difference between correlation and causation.' Using datasets to turn complex socioeconomic questions into easy-to-digest visuals and actionable insights for companies gives my work purpose. Excel, PowerQuery, PowerBI, Tableau, R or Python are some of the tools that I feel comfortable with."

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twentyfifty [0] is a management consultancy helping international corporate clients to turn corporate responsibility commitments into practice in their value chains.

We are a certified B-corporation [1] with a wonderfully passionate team that believes in the quality and purpose of our work.

If the following statements resonate with you, we should get in touch:

"Understanding how companies impact people and how this could be measured fascinates me. I follow the news but when people cite studies, I often think 'I wish more people understood the difference between correlation and causation.' Using datasets to turn complex socioeconomic questions into easy-to-digest visuals and actionable insights for companies gives my work purpose. Excel, PowerQuery, PowerBI, Tableau, R or Python are some of the tools that I feel comfortable with."

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I believe the origins of this are two heavy draught periods summer 2018/2019 where many trees succumbed.

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