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Ketara
United States15065 Posts
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
On May 17 2015 05:49 Ketara wrote: Isn't that like asking Jim Beam to save you from alcoholism. Only good can come from this. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35172 Posts
On May 17 2015 05:46 Cixah wrote: Req I just bought actual models. Save me. It's like you bit yourself, zombie. You're already gone. | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
DID ANYBODY HELP ME?! Also streaming some more Isaac practice. Cam back on this time, and hopefully stream stuff working as well in preparation for next month. www.twitch.tv/waveofshadow | ||
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Lord Tolkien
United States12083 Posts
On May 17 2015 05:32 Eppa! wrote: Not in the euro zone. I am far from even a little knowledgeable in the area though. Are you doing economy at uni? Argh, you caught me before muh edits. Austerity was a shitty, but politically palatable, policy due to the intergovernmental nature of the Eurozone, and the divorce between an internationalized monetary policy versus national fiscal policy, and the nature of monetary union. Essentially, German voters required austerity measures as a precondition to bailing out Greece, Ireland, and other nations hit by the contagion (despite Germany economically benefiting from the Eurozone disproportionately with easy export markets, but hey). Beyond this, if we refer to the economic trilemma, Eurozone nations gave up independent monetary policy in exchange for free movement of capital and a stable exchange rate, which means that nations like Greece which would have traditionally leveraged monetary policy to devalue their currency (and improve both their competitiveness and reduce their debt burden) no longer have that option available (though this line of argument is dubious, as if Greece was still on the drachma, it would've been demolished by speculative attacks instead of it being "shared" across the Eurozone), which leaves fiscal policy as the main government tool to manage public debt (and the limited, reluctant aid from the rest of the Eurozone). Continued austerity is problematic, but given the fiscal state of many Eurozone countries (look at France's 2015 fiscal budget, what is essentially "mandatory" spending, and the limited (practical and political) options to raising revenues), may still continue. Recovery was/is swifter in the US due to a largely unified fiscal and monetary policy (the comparison would be if the Eurozone had a unified fiscal policy and a federal structure; individual US states are as varied as European nations, really) and a combination of stimulative fiscal policy (during the crisis period of ~2008-2010), and, probably more importantly, incredibly stimulative monetary policy (QE1/2/3), combined with the US dollar's status as the, basically sole (~87% of currency reserves is pretty much uncontested), foreign reserve currency, which has allowed the US to borrow/spend/print/loan at significantly lower interest rates (figuring in inflation, US interest rates was actually negative at times) and expand monetarily quite rapidly, while still retaining high currency value (gogo gadget seigniorage). I graduated undergrad with a degree in International Studies last year (focus on International Politics and Development). International political economy is an huge interest of mine as well. Am looking to apply to grad school soon(tm); having my GREs June 9th. | ||
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Eppa!
Sweden4641 Posts
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Gahlo
United States35172 Posts
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Dandel Ion
Austria17960 Posts
On May 17 2015 05:59 WaveofShadow wrote: Sounds like me when I started up MTG again. DID ANYBODY HELP ME?! Also streaming some more Isaac practice. Cam back on this time, and hopefully stream stuff working as well in preparation for next month. www.twitch.tv/waveofshadow looks pretty offline to me | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
Had to reset, comp was being wonky. Had ot change settings as well. Be up again in ~5 min | ||
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Eppa!
Sweden4641 Posts
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Lord Tolkien
United States12083 Posts
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On May 17 2015 06:59 Eppa! wrote: Anyone wanna add me actually nvm I need food | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
On May 17 2015 05:46 Cixah wrote: Req I just bought actual models. Save me. Plastic Crack. What'd ya get? Best to start with an HQ and 2 Troops. If you wanna go serious Ravenwing, Sammael is awesome. He and Azmodan are the only way to take Bikes as Troops. | ||
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Lord Tolkien
United States12083 Posts
On May 17 2015 05:46 Cixah wrote: Req I just bought actual models. Save me. Time to sink thousands into plastic crack. And you think magic was bad, hue. | ||
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Numy
South Africa35471 Posts
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
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Cixah
United States11285 Posts
On May 17 2015 07:35 Requizen wrote: Plastic Crack. What'd ya get? Best to start with an HQ and 2 Troops. If you wanna go serious Ravenwing, Sammael is awesome. He and Azmodan are the only way to take Bikes as Troops. Ended up getting the Dark Vengeance start set thing. It's the only way to get a Librarian (I scowered the internet for just the HQ librarian but couldn't find one) Plus it comes with bikes and some troops. Probably going to get Azrael next just because apparently he's in 90% of all lists for DA. | ||
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Lord Tolkien
United States12083 Posts
On May 17 2015 07:45 Numy wrote: I question if it's really plastic crack though. What seems like the most crack is the paper crack they get you to buy to use the plastic crack. It's like a crack cycle that never ends. Yes, and eventually there are updated models of plastic crack, or different | ||
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AlterKot
Poland7525 Posts
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