Who is exploiting who

Who is exploiting who

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Imagine an artisan widget maker who can produce 5 widgets per day at a profit of $10 each for a daily income of $50. Now imagine a capitalist who builds a widget making machine. That machine can produce 100 widgets per day at equal quality to those produced by the aforementioned widget maker. The cost of production, is $3/widget, considering the amortization of the construction of the machine and operating costs but ignoring the costs the artisanal manufacturer […]

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Viagens internacionais de Lula em 2023 custaram R$ 46,8 milhões

Viagens internacionais de Lula em 2023 custaram R$ 46,8 milhões

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Em 2023, as viagens internacionais do presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva resultaram em um desembolso total de R$ 46,8 milhões dos cofres públicos. As informações são do portal Gazeta do Povo. A viagem mais cara de Lula no período foi para Nova York, nos Estados Unidos. Na ocasião, o petista participou da Assembleia-Geral das Nações Unidas, somando R$ 13 milhões em despesas. + Leia mais notícias de Política em Oeste Desse montante da viagem, R$ 6,9 milhões […]

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Brickbat: Window Pain

Brickbat: Window Pain

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The Taliban has banned windows in residential buildings to prevent people from seeing women inside. The ban specifically covers windows that allow people to see into the “courtyard, kitchen, neighbour’s well and other places usually used by women,” and it includes not only new construction but existing buildings as well. “Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts,” the decree claims. The post Brickbat: Window Pain appeared first on […]

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Will 2025 Be the Year of U.S. Fiscal Sanity?

Will 2025 Be the Year of U.S. Fiscal Sanity?

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The arrival of a new presidential administration invokes new beginnings and a break from the past. Still, realities from previous administrations remain, such as a fiscal challenge that demands immediate attention. It may weigh on the newcomers even more than they realize today. We can only hope they take it more seriously than their predecessors have done. The longstanding notion that debt accumulation is benign, based largely on interest rates that for a time fell below growth rates, […]

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Morre, aos 82 anos, o pai de Arthur Lira

Morre, aos 82 anos, o pai de Arthur Lira

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Morreu nesta terça-feira, 14, o prefeito de Barra de São Miguel (AL), o ex-senador Benedito de Lira, mais conhecido como Biu Lira. O pai do presidente da Câmara dos Deputados, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), tinha 82 anos e morreu depois de sofrer uma parada cardíaca.  O corpo de Biu Lira começa a ser velado nesta terça-feira no cemitério Parque  das Flores, em Maceió. O enterro está marcado para às 10h desta quarta-feira, no mesmo local.  + Leia mais notícias […]

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