Zilvinas Silenas

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Zilvinas  Silenas
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How Politicians Are Making Flippy, the Burger-flipping Robot, a More Attractive Employee Than You
By Zilvinas Silenas
"The steady replacement of men by machines -- the advance of automation -- is already threatening to destroy thousands of ...
May 13, 2021
Biden’s ‘Buy American’ Proposal Echoes Trump’s Economic Populism
By Zilvinas Silenas
If you read presidential candidate Joe Biden’s economic plans (“Build Back Better” and “Made in America”), you get a feeling ...
July 25, 2020
Giving Unemployed Americans an Additional $600 Through 2020 Would Create a Dangerous Unemployment Trap
By Zilvinas Silenas
It is no secret that tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs when the government shut down their ...
June 13, 2020
Yes on Trump’s Deregulation Executive Order. The Economy Needs More.
By Zilvinas Silenas
Take the rule that restaurants can deliver food, but not wine to go with that food, or the rule that florists in ...
May 20, 2020
Democrats’ Proposal to Pay Americans $2K Because of COVID-19 Is Bonkers
By Zilvinas Silenas
It started with “one-time” stimulus checks. Now some politicians are proposing $2,000 for everyone until the crisis passes.“A one-time, twelve-hundred-dollar ...
May 01, 2020
Aren't We All Essential?
By Zilvinas Silenas
By now you’ve probably heard that as a response to COVID-19, essential services are open and the non-essential ones are ...
April 21, 2020
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