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Re:Bird lays off hundreds via Zoom call by asdff on Saturday March 28, 2020 @02:36AM (#22709635)
Yup. For every loss of a dollar there is a gain of a buck in a short position somewhere.
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Re:Bird lays off hundreds via Zoom call by granzymes on Saturday March 28, 2020 @02:46AM (#22709661)
This is definitely not true. Value can be added to the economy and value can be lost from the economy. The size of the pie is not fixed.
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Re:Bird lays off hundreds via Zoom call by saagarjha on Saturday March 28, 2020 @02:50AM (#22709672)
Specifically, when a substantial portion of the economy is not doing anything at all you can’t just magically come up with the difference.
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