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Opinion I Opinião

Pandeconomics

People are dying. People are fired. People are broke. People are numbers. The first sentence refers to the pandemic. The other three are day-to-day economics, now stressed by the first one. I am neither an economist, a capitalist, a communist, a business manager or an union delegate. Therefore I cherished the dream of this intensification […]

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Opinion I Opinião

The Prison Of Careers

We live in a time when our professional choices are for life, if we are lucky enough to have a steady job. Sometimes I wonder how things were before the existence of the social state. A world of classes, I suppose. Workers and bosses, slaves and owners. Unfortunately the social state has not taken bold […]

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Personal | Pessoal

Insoluble

“Your situation is insoluble”, they told me yesterday, meaning I have to decide whether to get back to the job that burned me out or taking an unpaid leave. Things would be much easier if there were jobs to apply to. With this Covid-19 situation one can’t even flip burgers. I’ve been investing my time […]