L4sBotMB to [email protected]English • 2 years agoThe U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?www.washingtonpost.commessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1258
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minus-squareangelsomethinglinkfedilinkEnglish19•2 years agoThe layoffs are precisely why the “economy” is “booming”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agoNah, reducing costs in one relatively small sector doesn’t affect the GDP or other national-level metrics.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoI could see how you might think that if you’re really bad at math and clueless about how our economy works. Unemployment is only 3.7 percent, nationally.
The layoffs are precisely why the “economy” is “booming”.
Nah, reducing costs in one relatively small sector doesn’t affect the GDP or other national-level metrics.
I could see how you might think that if you’re really bad at math and clueless about how our economy works. Unemployment is only 3.7 percent, nationally.