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by jyu 1272 days ago
How many broken systems are the result of perverse incentives?
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Absolutely everything: car dependency, affordable housing and healthcare, hard drugs, the environment, corporate tax evasion, energy, money laundering, immigration, good pay for nursing and teaching staff, etc.

"We can't fix X because then sector Y would suffer trillions in losses and jobs so it's best to keep the status quo and kick the can down the road."