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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by Retric on Saturday March 14, 2020 @11:11PM (#22580897)
I have trouble seeing a worse economy for a few months vs a highly optimistic 100,000+ dead having similar numbers of lost lives.
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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by lmm on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:59AM (#22592712)
It's not just a few months though; a 0.2% recession (say) quite possibly translates to everyone in the future being 0.2% worse off, forever.
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Re:Ask HN: Is UK government insane or genius? by Scea91 on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @05:12AM (#22603082)
That would be true if annual returns were independent of each other which is definitely not the case.
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