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The rise of dual income households increases total household income, allowing couples to qualify for larger mortgages. As more buyers can service bigger debts, demand for housing a…

As a wage earner, this delights me. The rise of the dual income household led to the rise of the dual income mortgage, which has been catastrophic for housing affordability.

I wonder if FLNKS is able to provide a detailed record of where their funding is coming from.

I’ve often wondered similarly about Islamic codes which prohibit the eating of sentient pigs and dogs; perhaps the ancients knew that calling them “dirty” was the only practical wa…

“Is dishonesty OK if it financially benefits the company?” How would a high IQ candidate answer this question?

The manager was using the question in an attempt to determine whether someone was a liar, not a quiz on workplace protocol. A well-developed code of personal ethics might not matte…

The question is hypothetical rather than practical, and in many roles (civil service, accountancy, law) demonstrated principles are a fundamental requirement. The premise of the ma…

I suppose it depends if you believe in principle over pragmatism. Personally, for me the amount is irrelevant; action and intent is what matters, so in some contexts $0.02 would ab…

Or, someone might also have a sense of karmic justice, whereby $0.02 is the same as $200 in the ethical context of returning a lost object to its owner. The manager sounds like the…

But don’t social norms change over time? It was once normal to burn witches and keep slaves. Does that mean witch-burning was a good decision because it carried the weight of socia…

Who gets to decide what a socially desirable norm is? And what happens to those who don't comply?

If being bound by tight social norms is the key to bringing birth rates above replacement level, then Japan’s population should be skyrocketing. The factors behind population decli…