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Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by JumpCrisscross on Sunday July 01, 2018 @12:54PM (#17436344)
> Is it telling me that when unemployment is low, central bank policy is to raise interest rates? If so, why not say that?

Raising rates aren’t the only way to solve the problem of (a) people who could be in the labour market but aren’t and (b) insufficient labour in the places it needs to be.

Whatever it’s trying to do, it got me thinking about barriers to hiring in New York City. Are there steps we could eliminate or consolidate? Last week’s primary just saw my former bartender and taco server effectively become a Congresswoman for Queens. An article about the central bank and unemployment would not have prompted me to consider discussing this with her.

Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by extralego on Sunday July 01, 2018 @01:14PM (#17436443)
You probably lost a great bartender and taco server. Honestly, I’m sorry to hear that. But her victory is very refreshing. What do you think?

Why not discuss it with her?

Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by JumpCrisscross on Sunday July 01, 2018 @01:21PM (#17436477)
> You probably lost a great bartender and taco server

I would have never tried the pastrami taco if it hadn’t been for her!

> Why not discuss it with her?

She’s campaigning. Not sure distractions would help. In any case, these sorts of proposals benefit from specificity. Next steps are doing homework and proposing specific rule changes.

Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by extralego on Sunday July 01, 2018 @02:03PM (#17436687)
If only that was all that stood in her way.

Let’s not take pastrami tacos for granted.

Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by JumpCrisscross on Sunday July 01, 2018 @02:21PM (#17436791)
> Let’s not take pastrami tacos for granted

They’re actually a brilliant fusion of American Hispanic and American Jewish traditions. As it happens, her district has prominent populations of each.

Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by extralego on Sunday July 01, 2018 @04:49PM (#17437480)
Oh right, nice. They sound incredible.
Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by jessaustin on Sunday July 01, 2018 @02:15PM (#17436745)
Is Crowley going to run on a write-in basis? What would that accomplish, other than proving how little [some] Democrats think of the electorate?
Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by danans on Monday July 02, 2018 @12:33AM (#17439354)
Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by eli_gottlieb on Sunday July 01, 2018 @05:11PM (#17437618)
>Whatever it’s trying to do, it got me thinking about barriers to hiring in New York City. Are there steps we could eliminate or consolidate?

The part where someone has to compete for ultra-scarce housing in and around NYC.

Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by mc32 on Sunday July 01, 2018 @03:11PM (#17437024)
I'm curious to see how far she goes with her esposal of Chavista policies and if she does, what its impact will be on the community.
Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by JumpCrisscross on Sunday July 01, 2018 @03:34PM (#17437131)
> her esposal of Chavista policies

Source? (Genuinely curious.)

Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by mc32 on Sunday July 01, 2018 @03:57PM (#17437245)
I exaggerate, but I think the intercept has a decent take on her https://theintercept.com/2018/06/30/theres-an-easy-answer-to...
Re:The rich world needs higher real wage growth by toomuchtodo on Monday July 02, 2018 @12:37AM (#17439369)
I’d assume she’d go far, considering her democratic socialist policies are aligned with those of Bernie Sanders, who has the highest approval rating of a US congressional representative.

Based on the wealth and income demographics of her community, democratic socialist policies would be net benefit.