Quote from: Mr Psychologist on July 13, 2015, 07:18:17 PM

UK
Patient explains they abused a child wo years ago
Therapist has to report this by law, then the patient goes to jail and the possibility of helping them is forever trashed. The plus side of course is the justice being done for the victim, but that only goes so far to prevent other victims.

I'm almost certain that US law reads the same way, and it's pretty fucking criminal in my eyes. You end up with people who are paranoid wrecks that either snap and injure themselves/others to escape it or end up just sinking further into an abuse filled and disgusting fantasy world until the party van comes to take them away.

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Patient explains they abused a child two years ago
Therapist is obligated to keep their fucking mouth shut when it comes to patient confidentiality, paedophile is helped to overcome their urges and then never abuses another child again. The down side being that there is no punitive justice for the victim.

If he's guilt-racked enough to confess for treatment, is it worth adding punitive justice to everything the man's already put himself through? “If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be punishment as well as the prison.” - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

May i say that is one sick ass quote. Time to post it on my facebook.

Important reading will be marked with a *

MACROECONOMICS:
-David Hume, Of Money, 1759. Monetary policy begins properly with Hume, and it should offer a perspective on historical macroeconomics.

Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776. The first proper codification of classical economics. A bit antiquated, and tough to read through, but rewarding if you're willing to put the effort in.

Knut Wicksell, Lectures on Political Economy, 1908.

Irving Fisher, The Money Illusion, 1927.

Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz, A Monetary History of the United States, 1962.

*Milton Friedman, The Role of Monetary Policy, 1968. Gives a nice, fairly readable account of the responsibilities of monetary policy. Take it with a grain of salt, however, Friedman's policy recommendations concerning monetary policy have been largely discredited since the 1990s.

*Bob Lucas, Understanding Business Cycles, 1977. A nice, non-technical paper from a New Classical perspective.

Angus Deaton, The Great Escape, 2013. A good introduction to economic growth.

*Tim Harford, The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, 2014. Deals with business cycles.

Todd Knoop, Recession and Depressions, 2010. A more technical look at aforementioned business cycles.

*BEA, Measuring the Economy: A Primer on GDP, 2014.

*Martin Eichenbaum, Some Thoughts on Practical Stabilisation Policy, 1997.

Galbraith, The New Industrial State, 1967.

David Romer, What Have we Learned About Fiscal Policy Since the Crisis?, 2011.

Lars Svensson, What Have Economists Learned About Monetary Policy Over the Past Fifty Years?, 2007.

Frederic Mishkin, Monetary Policy Strategy: Lessons From the Crisis, 2009.

*Frederic Mishkin, Is Monetary Policy Effective During Financial Crises?, 2009. A very nice, short paper for those who want to know about contemporary monetary policy and their role during crises.

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS:
Bob Lucas, In Defence of the Dismal Science, 2009.

Paul Krugman, How did Economists get it so Wrong?, 2009.

John Cochrane, How did Paul Krugman get it so Wrong?, 2009.

*Alan Greenspan, The Crisis, 2010.

EAST ASIA:
Ben Bernanke, Japanese Monetary Policy: A Case of Self-Induced Paralysis?, 1999.

Paul Krugman, The Myth of Asia's Miracle, 1994.

RUSSIA:
Oppenheimer, Russia's Post-Communist Economy, 2001.

INDIA:
Roy, Economic History and Modern India, 2002.

AFRICA:
Paul Collier, Why has Africa Grown so Slowly?, 1999.

EUROPE:
MA Wynne, The European System of Central Banks, 1999.

http://icm.clsbe.lisboa.ucp.pt/docentes/url/jcn/mabes/LucasUnderstanding.pdf
Is this the one for Bob Lucas. Seems like the author is Robert Lucas. Or is it something else?

Whp were you again. I feel like i know you.

This is stupid. Just too general of questions.

this has been a long time coming, iirc.
the ghost cities were just inflating everything to make it all look good.

The ghost cities seem to be another problem. Apparently they are not that big of an issue as people think they are. Mainly they are built in preparation for migration of people from the country to the city. So instead of suburbs they build ghost towns which are filled up in a couple years. Not immediately but in like 5 to 6 years.

Example certain parts of Shanghai were once ghost cities.

Link
Quote from the article:
"But while building the core areas of new cities is something that China does with incredible haste, actually populating them is a lengthy endeavor"

Apparently once vital utilities and infrastructure like transit are put in place does the growth begins. So apparently calling them ghost cities seem to be a bit of a premature argument.

News Story

So apparently the Chinese economy fell 30% in the last couple weeks which spread panic around the country. Sadly as i have little to no understanding of the economy of China and how business is done or the type of issues they deal with, I am unable to figure out what is actually going on.

Still though this does bring questions and fear to the economy of the country that was once marveled as the growing economic power in the world. If anything it may make potential investors wary of entering the fray. Still i wonder what caused it.

Quote from: Risay117 on July 03, 2015, 09:04:44 PM

Actually a question i might ask is if the lower incomes spends twice they earn, then how much is attributed to fees and essentials like rent or food and the like.

Could increasing their wealth maybe decrease the amount they spend per wage. So instead of twice their wage they may spend 1.8 times or in generous terms 1.5 times wage?

usually increasing wages for the lower class leads to a general rise in cost of living across the board, i think

Well the problem is why does the cost go up. I mean technically it depends where you distribute wealth from.

If it is corporate redistributing it through taxes or wage increases then yes cost will go up. Bit if it is personal wealth of the more well off that is going to redistribute it. Then well i feel like it has a very weak connection to costs. Afterall it is the individual facing increase in cost not companies.

Calgary Stampede

Good on them.

Funny thing is Pakistan is playing this tight game where the public was every terrorist hanged and approval of the attack on the Laal(Red) Masjid during Musharraf dictatorship has grown.

Funny thing is that when your population are the target of these terrorist attacks, the public tends to swithc sides quite fast.

Don't bring them here pls.

We are not a link aggregate site, so we will unlikely bring anypne here.

On the main topic, it kond of is interesting how some stipod decisions can truly destroy a community and start a mass exodus.

It seems that sites like those and forums like ours when popular reach a point where the issue of revenue becomes a problem. Ads can only help so much before they become an eyesore, so how to create cash depends on a whole other set of requirements.

Wonder if voat with kts new userbase will be able to handle and adapt as a viable alternative and find a revenue stream that works.

r/SyrianCivilWar
r/CredibleDefense
r/geopolitics
r/asoiaf
r/gameofthrones
r/games

The defaults and some of the other i have on there but have not visited for a long time.

OK why is Sep7agon on the poll?

And how is that relevant to him feeling salty about us.

I had a feeling this is true for those who are still here. Unlike some members like those who left most of us like each other.

Mountain. But Joffrey is also nasty.

Roose i feel may be worse than Ramsey