Spring edition
Well, it’s a super pleasant 14 degrees today in Sendai… which is insane for February. I hope next year winter goes back to normal, or we won’t be doing any more skiing or snowboarding, at least not locally.
This week’s links
- I approve this message: Advocating a Four Day Work Week for Japan
- I’d love to see the end of the free pensions for dependents… Wanted: rational pension reform
- Easy? Different kinds of easy
- This is great: The Story of a Curious Phone Call
- AI safety? BOOK REVIEW: HUMAN COMPATIBLE
- This deduction sounds interesting: Cabinet approves tax reform bills to promote investment
- Unless you own them I guess: Thirty-year high for Tokyo condo prices hides bad economic news
- The 8% thing is great: The 8%
- I like some of these: What Are Your Rules for Life? These 11 Expressions (from Ancient History) Might Help
- Shun the crowds, my son: In 2019, The World’s Best Performing Stock Market Gained More Than 50 Percent
What do you think? Anything good in there? I found #6 interesting, and enjoyed #4 and #8.
that pension anticle included this absolute gem:
“Fourth, it will make small and medium-sized businesses stronger…..Expanding employee pension coverage to more part-time workers will increase the financial burden of the employers, who will then need to earn more to cover the added expenses. Thus the policy will give an incentive for the employers to pursue greater efficiency in the management of their business.”
Yep, they’re going to make businesses stronger by increasing their costs…
Survival of the fittest!