Impressive deep dive here. The circular logic of raising hiring costs and then spending billions to "create" jobs afterward is pretty wild, and I ran into similar patterns when I was consulting for small biz operations. The mask section is particlarly strong tbh, specially the focus on real-world evidence versus political symbolism. However, I think the GDP per capita angle could use even more emphasis cuz a lot of folks dunno that population growth means flat totals actually equal decline per person.
Impressive deep dive here. The circular logic of raising hiring costs and then spending billions to "create" jobs afterward is pretty wild, and I ran into similar patterns when I was consulting for small biz operations. The mask section is particlarly strong tbh, specially the focus on real-world evidence versus political symbolism. However, I think the GDP per capita angle could use even more emphasis cuz a lot of folks dunno that population growth means flat totals actually equal decline per person.
Good shout I will do a deeper piece on the GDP per capita