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Restaurants are being extorted by online delivery services.
Why do people need those delivery services? Why can't they just cook meals at home like most people do?
Oil spiked to $110/barrel on the WTI front month futures contract this afternoon, a $20 jump up from Friday. At this pace we'll be at $150 a barrel in a week or two. If oil infrastructure keeps getting hit, even if the strait of hormuz is reopened, it'll take a long time to recover from. That's on top of the continued call for regressive tariffs and a weakening labor market. I think we're heading for a recession unle…
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Honest question, because it’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about: what is a “good” economy vs. a “bad” economy?
The post-WWII economy in the US is the answer you’re looking for, and the whole world has been chasing that dragon ever since.
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Why do people need those delivery services? Why can't they just cook meals at home like most people do?
Lack of experience cooking so they don't feel like they can, people are tired after getting home from work and don't have much energy to spare, just plain laziness. Pick one or more of the above.
I've gotten takeout in my life--basically never delivery.
ADDED: Not feeling like they can sounds like learned helplessness to me. Might not be a bad interview question.
Oil spiked to $110/barrel on the WTI front month futures contract this afternoon, a $20 jump up from Friday. At this pace we'll be at $150 a barrel in a week or two. If oil infrastructure keeps getting hit, even if the strait of hormuz is reopened, it'll take a long time to recover from. That's on top of the continued call for regressive tariffs and a weakening labor market. I think we're heading for a recession unle…
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Honest question, because it’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about: what is a “good” economy vs. a “bad” economy?
The post-WWII economy in the US is the answer you’re looking for, and the whole world has been chasing that dragon ever since.
Oil spiked to $110/barrel on the WTI front month futures contract this afternoon, a $20 jump up from Friday. At this pace we'll be at $150 a barrel in a week or two. If oil infrastructure keeps getting hit, even if the strait of hormuz is reopened, it'll take a long time to recover from. That's on top of the continued call for regressive tariffs and a weakening labor market. I think we're heading for a recession unle…
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Honest question, because it’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about: what is a “good” economy vs. a “bad” economy?
> what is a “good” economy vs. a “bad” economy? One that is growing sustainably with broad benefits.
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Restaurants are being extorted by online delivery services.
Why do people need those delivery services? Why can't they just cook meals at home like most people do?
Also, sometimes some meals are arguably not worth the labor of cooking. Making proper pho takes at least a whole day. Pad Thai really doesn't function without the kind of intense heat of specific equipment. Etc etc.