tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post6046584667810729863..comments2024-02-17T12:34:01.400-08:00Comments on Illusion of Prosperity: China's Miraculous Parabolic Growth EngineStagflationary Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-54876864363280587232014-10-16T15:07:47.097-07:002014-10-16T15:07:47.097-07:00Troy,
it's pretty economic just giving people...Troy,<br /><br /><i>it's pretty economic just giving people food and game consoles to occupy their time.</i><br /><br />Just need to fill those games up with product placement!<br /><br />Basic Living Stipend + Free Gaming for the win! What's the worst that could happen?<br /><br /><i>Idiocracy</i><br /><br />Oh, yeah. Well, there's that, lol. Sigh. ;)Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-89166874662821793462014-10-16T05:47:11.225-07:002014-10-16T05:47:11.225-07:00I am hopeful that our overpopulation and console d...I am hopeful that our overpopulation and console discussion has a common answer -- <i>panem et circenses</i><br /><br />it's pretty economic just giving people food and game consoles to occupy their time.<br /><br />problem comes when they create > 2.1 progeny a la IdiocracyTroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-27155392782107278592014-10-14T20:51:39.046-07:002014-10-14T20:51:39.046-07:00Troy,
Just noticed that your first comment here (...Troy,<br /><br />Just noticed that your first comment here (I think) fell into Blogger's SPAM bucket. So annoying!<br /><br />In any event, I rescued it. :)Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-88346793842973231732014-10-12T20:34:26.889-07:002014-10-12T20:34:26.889-07:00Difficulty Levels: Easy -> Normal -> Classic...Difficulty Levels: Easy -> Normal -> Classic -> Impossible<br /><br />I tried the "Impossible" difficulty a few times. While I know it is possible in both theory and practice, I don't think it offers all that much fun. It's more like an exercise in extreme frustration, lol.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-2766066942130853292014-10-12T20:30:47.475-07:002014-10-12T20:30:47.475-07:00Troy,
Or, if we wanted a more 1940-60s style empl...Troy,<br /><br /><i>Or, if we wanted a more 1940-60s style employment solution, we could induct 7M youth into our armed forces and start a war in East Asia somewhere for them to fight in.</i><br /><br />I thought the plan was to induct them into our prison system. Sigh.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnage_Heart" rel="nofollow">Carnage Heart</a><br /><br />Oh, man. I never played that one. D'oh! My bad.<br /><br />The last game I bought was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCOM:_Enemy_Unknown" rel="nofollow">XCOM: Enemy Unknown</a>. It was a weekend deal ($9.99) a few months ago on the Playstation network. Fun! Managed to get an Ironman Classic victory out of it (Ironman autosaves for you and won't let you reload to earlier saved games if things start going poorly).Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-15931593050998920652014-10-11T17:01:43.423-07:002014-10-11T17:01:43.423-07:00also not apropos, but:
wait... there's a *new...also not apropos, but:<br /><br />wait... there's a *new* version of Carnage Heart?? Man, I'd love to see that localized but I imagine the odds of that happening are between zero and the square root of -1. And that's a shame.<br />nowak | November 13, 2007 8:14 AM<br /><br />^that guy won the internet, 7 years ago alreadyTroynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-17395326658541369562014-10-11T10:49:43.085-07:002014-10-11T10:49:43.085-07:00Japan's population of 15-25 YOs has fallen 7M ...Japan's population of 15-25 YOs has fallen 7M since the early 1990s, ours has risen 7M.<br /><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=NhA" rel="nofollow">http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=NhA</a><br /><br />The solution is obvious; the world's fleet of A380s could restore the population balance of both the US and Japan in under two months.<br /><br />Or, if we wanted a more 1940-60s style employment solution, we could induct 7M youth into our armed forces and start a war in East Asia somewhere for them to fight in.Troynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-33780254179921399882014-10-11T10:24:49.554-07:002014-10-11T10:24:49.554-07:00Speaking of Japan, I figured out how to solve thei...Speaking of Japan, I figured out how to solve their deflating population:<br /><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=NhA" rel="nofollow">http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=NhA</a><br /><br />Our young adult population has grown by 7M since 1990, theirs has fallen 7M since 1990.<br /><br />It'd take the world's fleet of A380s about two months to transfer this surplus youth population to Japan. Problem solved!Troynoreply@blogger.com