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Re:Intuit to Cut 10% of Employees in Latest Round of Tech La... by tmcdos on Thursday July 11, 2024 @08:23AM (#40935895)
This way of thinking is one of the reasons that led to the 2008 crisis ...
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Re:Intuit to Cut 10% of Employees in Latest Round of Tech La... by Pet_Ant on Thursday July 11, 2024 @10:03AM (#40936952)
Were you even paying attention? The 2008 crisis was caused by trying to continue growth by looking for more and more people to lend to even those that didn't have the credit history to be worthy of it.
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Re:Intuit to Cut 10% of Employees in Latest Round of Tech La... by tmcdos on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @10:54AM (#41046609)
Almost all crises (nature ones excluded) are caused by greed, and the desire for indefinite (or continuous) growth is the usual indicator of that greed.
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