Items of Interest - 16 July 2023

[dewline]

1. Scientific American: Moral Injury Is an Invisible Epidemic That Affects Millions - published in 2022. This is a thing that politicians with kind intentions might be dealing with, too...

2. Canadian Press via CBC News: Foreign interference means Canada should get serious on media literacy, advocate says - published in 2023. A concern of every nation at this point, yes?

3. CBC News - Is the Bank of Canada making things worse? - published in 2023. Central bank bosses seem to be missing the points of much of the wider public right now, don't they?

4. CBC News - Construction labour crunch leaves Canada in need of boosting ranks of home builders - published in 2023.

5. Post News - COVID-19 Update for July 2023: Risks Are Low But Rising, and Too Many Are Ignoring Longer-Term Risks by Augie Ray

Comments

[dewline]

What worries me is that there may well be such a percentage goal. At all times, in all countries.

And if people like Macklem and Yellen are determined to argue for a "duty to be unemployed", then we need universal/unconditional basic income to compensate for being compelled to such "duty".

[agoodwinsmith]

I think your suspicion is right; and yes.