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Re:McDonald's temporarily shuts its U.S. offices and prepare... by hammock on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:20AM (#35425205)
Zero interest rate policy means they were the same thing
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Re:McDonald's temporarily shuts its U.S. offices and prepare... by JumpCrisscross on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:25AM (#35425306)
> Zero interest rate policy means they were the same thing

No, it doesn't, because one of these things pre-dates and was not caused by low rates. (Office Space was released when rates were half a point above where they are now [1].)

[1] https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/history-of-...

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Re:McDonald's temporarily shuts its U.S. offices and prepare... by hammock on Monday April 03, 2023 @12:32PM (#35426791)
Ok what is your evidence that bullshit jobs are being structurally eliminated in a way that is unrelated to interest rate policy?
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