David Wise 🇨🇦
@spatialmongrel.bsky.social
Canadian, Urbanist, housing and data nerd, IDIC-philosopher
Societies don’t collapse when people demand better. It happens when they don’t.
April 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Societies don’t collapse when people demand better. It happens when they don’t.
So what to do. They’ve tilted the market in their favour.
Do you accept that, and let all the jobs disappear?
Or do you try and level the playing field, and say “if you attack “x” we will attack “y”. And on and on. Escalating. Inflating costs.
This is why free trade agreements exist(ed).
Do you accept that, and let all the jobs disappear?
Or do you try and level the playing field, and say “if you attack “x” we will attack “y”. And on and on. Escalating. Inflating costs.
This is why free trade agreements exist(ed).
March 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
So what to do. They’ve tilted the market in their favour.
Do you accept that, and let all the jobs disappear?
Or do you try and level the playing field, and say “if you attack “x” we will attack “y”. And on and on. Escalating. Inflating costs.
This is why free trade agreements exist(ed).
Do you accept that, and let all the jobs disappear?
Or do you try and level the playing field, and say “if you attack “x” we will attack “y”. And on and on. Escalating. Inflating costs.
This is why free trade agreements exist(ed).
You sell “x” for $100 to the US market, where a US company sells “x” for $110. People buy your stuff because it’s cheaper.
The US puts a $25 tariff tax on your “x”. Your product now costs $125 to a US buyer.
You can’t compete. You go out of business. Or decide to make “x” in the US instead.
The US puts a $25 tariff tax on your “x”. Your product now costs $125 to a US buyer.
You can’t compete. You go out of business. Or decide to make “x” in the US instead.
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
You sell “x” for $100 to the US market, where a US company sells “x” for $110. People buy your stuff because it’s cheaper.
The US puts a $25 tariff tax on your “x”. Your product now costs $125 to a US buyer.
You can’t compete. You go out of business. Or decide to make “x” in the US instead.
The US puts a $25 tariff tax on your “x”. Your product now costs $125 to a US buyer.
You can’t compete. You go out of business. Or decide to make “x” in the US instead.
“Haha, All right, fair enough”
/wtf
/wtf
March 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“Haha, All right, fair enough”
/wtf
/wtf
It’s worse than that. The decline extends past Mulroney and back to the 70’s.
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February 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It’s worse than that. The decline extends past Mulroney and back to the 70’s.
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No push back? That was factually wrong. The lowest point was 2002, which was Chrétien, followed by Harper.
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February 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
No push back? That was factually wrong. The lowest point was 2002, which was Chrétien, followed by Harper.
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Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.
February 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.
Rick Moranis is …. KHAN
February 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Rick Moranis is …. KHAN