Referenced link: https://www.economist.com/1843/2023/05/18/why-have-pregnant-russians-flocked-to-argentina-since-the-invasion-of-ukraine
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Originally posted by The Economist / @TheEconomist: http://nitter.platypush.tech/TheEconomist/status/1661002041248866311#m
“Why did we decide to come here?” “Messi!”
@analankes meets a Russian family starting a new life in Argentina. But why did they come? https://www.economist.com/1843/2023/05/18/why-have-pregnant-russians-flocked-to-argentina-since-the-invasion-of-ukraine
Good of Krugman to point out that economic statistics interpret a long expensive commute as a higher standard of living.
What he misses here is that in the drive-to-your-1-family-house suburbs where empty rooms make work-from-home so attractive to workers, it seems not to reduce the amount of driving. Errands displace commutes. [Gift link]
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/22/opinion/work-from-home-commuting-gdp.html?unlocked_article_code=Eq3nKu9uSy9z88J-KxJnE_-hfBHByviE1Y5wG2qd3it5P2AG3xvAsjjO5uvonHl9oN1oTHLYrvXYf2cif7TuOQcrooEygezHaG2i2yR7LZoTQURFPSMsi3nPTRI6s6TzPGeukfkYpRE3HFlMtTRVMlBueCvJYpWzhXPpeBe5TIVRfA8RflcU22C_RZqL-kQb7aMj3lTa8N7yNN8Yn3cMHzHdcOMFRBMdZFjHtV32aDWKd1rIRpgKnT9Fj6LKuNMOoJgPKVDgtDqQkAcDdM28rU1jnDbfXG-EH37qAEjHJTVZXPo68Z_tIzHCNvllKykKhcEylVVr0WwL1_reYMwGXOpOzRo4nQ&smid=url-share
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