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the newest mod of 28 days (and 21 years old) did like five other interviews with major outlets that have yet to be released. seems like the person has never been employed.

:bear-despair:

Who's /u/Kimezukae ? Why did he do interviews?

Hello, I'm a 21 years old male, long-term unemployed and an Anarchist. I've been surfing this Subreddit since 2020 and it helped me in my journey when I started to began to be unemployed. When I began to read this Subreddit I was a leftist-liberal, namely a social->democrat. I've been reading some of the recommended literature from the library since then, for example Bob Black's "Abolition of Work" and have been radicalized to an Anarchist.

  • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    the COVID crash failed to produce any long term unemployment.

    Because of low interest rates. Unemployment will go op if the fed raises interests.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      Interest rates were already low when COVID hit and we still had a short term spike.

      But the spike created a long term worker deficit. It wasn't just the interest rates. There was a real surge in labor demand, particularly in the tech sector.

      A rise in rates will force a pinch in other sectors. There's no more room to cut staff without giving up significant profits.

      • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        There’s no more room to cut staff without giving up significant profits.

        And what's your evidence for that claim?

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          3 years ago

          Personal experience, anecdote, the rising price of labor, and the success of unionization efforts and other labor actions.

          • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            the rising price of labor, and the success of unionization efforts and other labor actions

            Both of these things can be explained by low unemployment as a result of low interest rates: lower unemployment increases the bargening position of workers, resulting in better pay and a higher succes-rate of collective action.

            • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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              3 years ago

              Both of these things can be explained by low unemployment as a result of low interest rates

              We had low interests rates as far back as 2008. We're only just now seeing labor actions 14 years later.

              lower unemployment increases the bargening position of workers

              The low unemployment isn't just due to lending. There's a serious shortage of physical bodies.

              • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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                3 years ago

                We had low interests rates as far back as 2008.

                But the fed and the ECB have only expanded their monetary stimules since then. You can see on their balance which I linked, that they've kept on buying bonds since then, which decreases real interest rates for companies, much more than what's possible trought just lowering the federal funds rate or EONIA (which is what's usually meant when people are refering to low interest rates).