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theadvancedapes · 4126 days ago

theguardian.com · #economy · #economy.theadvancedapes · #capitalism

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blackfox026 · 4126 days ago · link ·

Since there's not much actual discussion in these comments, here's a related article from The New York Times.

This might even be a quantifiable effect. I've looked around for studies on this phenomenon but I can't find very many, and I suspect it might be because it's hard to find funding for them...

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