I finally found an example of the government incentivizing someone to stay unemployed.
This culture of not wanting to work is out of control. "His severance agreement will continue to pay him at his base presidentâs salary until 2028 or until he finds a new job." www.tampabay.com/news/educati...
His severance agreement will continue to pay him at his base presidentâs salary until 2028 or until he finds a new job.
me two drinks into every happy hour and dinner party: "real Reconstruction has never been tried"
"One of the myths Ostberg shatters is that Nordic social democracy emerged where it did because there were high levels of social solidarity in countries like Sweden, or that it succeeded on the back of previous industrial and social development."
"Ostberg is right to be somewhat dour on the merits of Swedish social democracy, let alone the prospect that its core achievements will be replicated given that its heyday is now 50 years past. But I think that his cynicism goes too far." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-successe...
Can we still draw hope from the past successes of Swedish social democracy?
Great piece in The Society Pages by Paula Fomby that pushes back against the simplistic notion that marriage is the cure-all for disparities in adult and child well-being.
Joe Lieberman is the reason we donât have a public option and that should lead his obituaries but Iâm guessing it wonât
ASA statement of support for Christina Cross. "These false claims of plagiarism are a political attack that exploits the gap between the normal scientific process and the publicâs understanding of that process." www.asanet.org/wp-content/u...
"That Direct File exists at all is shocking. That itâs pretty good is borderline miraculous...itâs a glimpse of a world where government tech benefits millions of Americans." www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Against all odds, the government has created an actually good piece of technology.