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Copy that. I was feeling ripped off but then you mentioned math. Now I just feel dumb.UW_Doog_Bot said:
Not if you know how to do science
Seriously though, they are different degrees(at UW). The BS is a lot more rigorous and you have to do a lot of actual maths and such. It's why I get paid to science stuff. With a BA I would have probably had to go get a Masters to do anything with like many of my friends who partied a little more in the BA program.
[The Bachelor of Science with a Major in Economics emphasizes the study of mathematics and quantitative techniques along with economics. The course of study requires a more intensive background in math and statistics, reflecting the quantitative character of modern economics. This program provides preparation for employment in technical and scientific areas and is appropriate for graduate studies in economics and related fields such as statistics, mathematics and finance.]
UW Economics Department stuff
p.s. my credentials aren't all that astonishing or important when I'm just reciting what is pretty common Economics pablum. It's like talking about supply and demand. I don't really need to be an expert. I can just appeal to a higher academis authority in the field. -
UW_Doog_Bot said:
Not if you know how to do science
Seriously though, they are different degrees(at UW). The BS is a lot more rigorous and you have to do a lot of actual maths and such. It's why I get paid to science stuff. With a BA I would have probably had to go get a Masters to do anything with like many of my friends who partied a little more in the BA program.
[The Bachelor of Science with a Major in Economics emphasizes the study of mathematics and quantitative techniques along with economics. The course of study requires a more intensive background in math and statistics, reflecting the quantitative character of modern economics. This program provides preparation for employment in technical and scientific areas and is appropriate for graduate studies in economics and related fields such as statistics, mathematics and finance.]
UW Economics Department stuff
p.s. my credentials aren't all that astonishing or important when I'm just reciting what is pretty common Economics pablum. It's like talking about supply and demand. I don't really need to be an expert. I can just appeal to a higher academis authority in the field.
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Posting tits and ass pics is always an acceptable alternative.UW_Doog_Bot said:
An article explaining some of this
p.s. My knowledge of economic history isn't from youtube. It's from my BS in Economics from UW and from the time I've spent doing economic reading/research. Far greater economists than me have theseopinionsvalid hypotheses backed by data. I'm just attempting to find things that are more entertaining than reading dry ass academis research papers for the rest of you.
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As History major who was told there would be no maff, I still had to take a couple of maffey related courses to graduate. One was I think Macro 101 and the other Astronomy 101. It was hard but I think I got passing grades. Now I am a pour.Swaye said: -
The dams are the biggest poont in FDR's favor IMO. Not only did they greatly aid the war effort, they've paid for themselves many tims over in (mostly) clean energy since then.YellowSnow said:
WWII ended the Depression. Not the New Deal. We can all agree upon this.
That said, even if it was not necessarily the best economic approach, it was still a political necessity. And long term, there's still a lot of long term benefit from legislation like SS, FDIC.
And for Christ's sake, we can not forget the god damned damns. W/o Grand Coulee, Bonneville, and TVA, WWII takes a lot longer to win- i.e., no cheap and readily available electricity for aluminum and uranium/plutonium enrichment.
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On the other side, FDR's war-era wage controls begat the mess of the health industry.
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THANK YOU! Finally, someone around here gets it about the damned damns!dnc said:
The dams are the biggest poont in FDR's favor IMO. Not only did they greatly aid the war effort, they've paid for themselves many tims over in (mostly) clean energy since then.
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Truth! Health care connected to employer run plans is one of the biggest fucking blunders this country ever committed.GrundleStiltzkin said:On the other side, FDR's war-era wage controls begat the mess of the health industry.
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I have had a lot of arguments with people who don't agree with that. We are still having that argument - Obama and Bush's stimulus versus RR or Trumps tax cuts and deregulationYellowSnow said:
WWII ended the Depression. Not the New Deal. We can all agree upon this.
That said, even if it was not necessarily the best economic approach, it was still a political necessity. And long term, there's still a lot of long term benefit from legislation like SS, FDIC.
And for Christ's sake, we can not forget the god damned damns. W/o Grand Coulee, Bonneville, and TVA, WWII takes a lot longer to win- i.e., no cheap and readily available electricity for aluminum and uranium/plutonium enrichment. -
And - some public works are more awesome than others
Obama's stimulus was supposed to go to jobs. I know for a fact that Washington state canceled construction projects and used the cash for pensions and unions -
Well, those guys are wrong. BUT we can never really know for sure, because it happened and then we had nearly 3 decades of growth thereafter, a lot of which was caused by factors that we would be hard pressed to replicate these days. I still believe to this day, that Reagan's tax cuts were sound economic policy for that moment in history. People forget that in 1981 the personal savings rate was like 10% in the country so we borrowed most of that money by ourselves. But deficits did grow under his watch which in my view set the bad precedent that they don't matter. We should have done better in the early 2000s.RaceBannon said:
I have had a lot of arguments with people who don't agree with that. We are still having that argument - Obama and Bush's stimulus versus RR or Trumps tax cuts and deregulation -
Managing WW2 is probably his biggest poont but that's not eco-nomics.dnc said:
The dams are the biggest poont in FDR's favor IMO. Not only did they greatly aid the war effort, they've paid for themselves many tims over in (mostly) clean energy since then.
The environmental impact upon construction was obviously huge, but hydro power is nails after that. -
Yeah I was talking about his economic policy. I'm not WWII scholar enough to make huge assertions about FDR's handling of the war effort but as far as I can tell it was mostly positive, fencing in all the Japs aside.UW_Doog_Bot said:
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I'm actually alright with transfer payments assuming the government doesn't take an 81% cut while funneling another 18% into other side projects. I'd rather see direct basic income than our labyrinthine system of government bureaucracies that "help" people.YellowSnow said:
Look, I love Friedman as much as any So Cal, Brooks Brothers, Young Republican. And I don't disagree with his critiques of the flaws in how SS was designed. My point is more along the lines that in a country such as ours, it's good public policy to ensure that old people have some base level of income when they can't work anymore. And there's not really a way to accomplish this goal other than some form of "mandatory" savings through taxation (even if current retirees are paid by taxation of current workers). Americans by their nature abhor the concept of wealth transfers, so really the only way sell SS to the voters was the idea that we all pay in and we all get something out upon retirement age, regardless of our financial situation at that time. A "needs based" plan would never have been feasible politically speaking.
SS could have been funded differently as it was originally promised to be and the transfers could incur a very minimal overhead instead of the huge $6,457,000,000 they cost in 2017. I'm more concerned with what is effective and efficient than what is "morally right" etc. It's just very rare that government is very efficient at anything. -
Agree BUT in a democracy such as ours the "best" plan usually won't win. Politics is the art of the possible, not what would make the most sense.UW_Doog_Bot said:
I'm actually alright with transfer payments assuming the government doesn't take an 81% cut while funneling another 18% into other side projects. I'd rather see direct basic income than our labyrinthine system of government bureaucracies that "help" people.
SS could have been funded differently as it was originally promised to be and the transfers could incur a very minimal overhead instead of the huge $6,457,000,000 they cost in 2017. I'm more concerned with what is effective and efficient than what is "morally right" etc. It's just very rare that government is very efficient at anything.
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That's bullshit.RaceBannon said:And - some public works are more awesome than others
Obama's stimulus was supposed to go to jobs. I know for a fact that Washington state canceled construction projects and used the cash for pensions and unions -
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STFU. Liar.RaceBannon said: -
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Meltdown? Haha. Liar.RaceBannon said: -
Take it easy kid. It'll be all right. Obama will still let you suck him off
You do know he's caught on tape laughing about the shovel ready jobs that idiots like you fell for
I will prove Washington did what I said tomorrow then you get banned until September
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What's the burden of proof? Let it be known that you are saying that the state auditor is fucktarded.RaceBannon said:Take it easy kid. It'll be all right. Obama will still let you suck him off
You do know he's caught on tape laughing about the shovel ready jobs that idiots like you fell for
I will prove Washington did what I said tomorrow then you get banned until September
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whats fucktarded about funneling fed money to your people and putting off dealing with the massive unfunded liabilities that plague every state2001400ex said:
What's the burden of proof? Let it be known that you are saying that the state auditor is fucktarded.
Ok I couldn't type that with a straight face. But still, I want to see your "proof".
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You don't understand how pensions work. But nice talking point.SarkFanSixtyNine said:
whats fucktarded about funneling fed money to your people and putting off dealing with the massive unfunded liabilities that plague every state -
Take the deal see the evidence2001400ex said:
What's the burden of proof? Let it be known that you are saying that the state auditor is fucktarded.
Ok I couldn't type that with a straight face. But still, I want to see your "proof". -
LOL2001400ex said:
You don't understand how pensions work. But nice talking point.
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They are a Ponzi scheme where retirees are paid with current revenue sources, rather than funded at the time of earning. Which requires the business or government to grow indefinitely.SarkFanSixtyNine said: -
RaceBannon said:
He was you know!RaceBannon said: -
Not entirely true. Pension assets are a thing.2001400ex said:
They are a Ponzi scheme where retirees are paid with current revenue sources, rather than funded at the time of earning. Which requires the business or government to grow indefinitely.
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interesting you actually sort of understand something. businesses do have to fund them ahead of time. as well as the poast office for some reason. its only government entities that get to pretend these behemoth liabilities dont exist. Why do you think governmental ponzi schemes are just an irrelevant talking point?
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