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Re:The Great Resignation? More Like the Great Renegotiation by whatshisface on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @10:56AM (#30073237)
>In reality, it's a delay of an inevitable downturn unless some magical productivity innovation or goods/services advance emerges to rescue the US economy.

That sounds kind of like a plan. Delay until something random happens.

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Re:The Great Resignation? More Like the Great Renegotiation by speed_spread on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:49PM (#30076161)
Unfortunately, War is not that random nor is it magic.
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Re:The Great Resignation? More Like the Great Renegotiation by whatshisface on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:52PM (#30076205)
Nor is it good for the economy (see: Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afganistan, Iraq...).
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Re:The Great Resignation? More Like the Great Renegotiation by elif on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:06PM (#30076433)
that depends on which metrics you care about.
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Re:The Great Resignation? More Like the Great Renegotiation by elif on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @04:30PM (#30078347)
for instance, this chart, of USD as global foreign reserve %

You can clearly see the demand induce correlated with vietnam, gulf war, 9/11 invasion

https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iun0_jAGaJM...

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