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Fun-Transition1230 t1_je6y9d2 wrote

Reply to comment by zoiddirkoid in Stagflation 2023: The Looming Economic Nightmare You Can't Afford to Ignore by Wega58

Unemployment rate uses the same math as Chairman Maos grain harvests.

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Archimedes_Redux t1_je7p41m wrote

Always a drought.

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Fun-Transition1230 t1_je7q8bm wrote

Always excellent grain harvests. Economy is strong.

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Archimedes_Redux t1_je7u2bo wrote

5 year plan going well?

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Fun-Transition1230 t1_je7uimp wrote

No because of the (insert minority party) meddling.

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Archimedes_Redux t1_je7x9n7 wrote

Same as it ever was.

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Fun-Transition1230 t1_je7y4gi wrote

Only since Nixon. Before that the US built all sorts of massive infrastructure projects like China does now.

We're only affluent now because everyone believes our tulips are actually worth something.

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