Why do we get #scam phone calls and scam texts? Why is so much #labor and potential #productivity wasted?

It's #MisallocationOfResources - and the cause is #capitalism.

When there are few #legal means of making a decent living, the choice is either #poverty or illegal #work - and it's still work.

#market #MarketEconomics #UnitendedConsequences #PropertyLaw #InvisibleHand #FreeMarket #BrokenWindowFallacy

In Japan, more people died from suicide last month than from Covid in all of 2020. And women have been impacted most.

"Japan is one of the few major economies to disclose timely suicide data -- the most recent national data for the US, for example, is from 2018."

"That suggests other countries might see a similar or even bigger increase in the number of suicides in the future."

#unitendedconsequences

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/28/asia/japan-suicide-women-covid-dst-intl-hnk/index.html