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Re:The unnecessary demise of Barnes and Noble by ryanwaggoner on Friday February 16, 2018 @12:33AM (#16390129)
Believe it or not, I didn't just "come upon" this realization and I've taken multiple econ classes (though I'd like to take more). Also, our unemployment benefits are a pretty sorry excuse for a social safety net, which is why I wasn't specifically talking about them here.
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Re:The unnecessary demise of Barnes and Noble by mrep on Friday February 16, 2018 @01:28AM (#16390356)
> Also, our unemployment benefits are a pretty sorry excuse for a social safety net, which is why I wasn't specifically talking about them here.

What and how much of a safety net do we need considering the opportunity cost of supporting said safety net?

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Re:The unnecessary demise of Barnes and Noble by mrep on Friday February 16, 2018 @12:59AM (#16390247)
Sorry, you didn't mention economics at all but all of your points are discussed thoroughly and pretty well agreed upon in economic textbooks so I assumed you weren't aware (since if you were, I thought you would have sourced them).
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Re:The unnecessary demise of Barnes and Noble by ryanwaggoner on Friday February 16, 2018 @01:01AM (#16390257)
In general, conversations are more interesting and edifying when they consist of more than someone just saying "my reaction on this topic is what economics textbooks say" :)
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Re:The unnecessary demise of Barnes and Noble by mrep on Friday February 16, 2018 @01:22AM (#16390335)
That part was 100% me suggesting you read up on economics as it seemed like a subject you were unaware of but one that you would totally love since it completely matched your logic.

My main point was bringing up unemployment benefits.

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