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Death Spiral for Car Ownership? End of Fuel-Powered Cars by 2024?

MishTalk

For example, a California think tank proposes Fuel-powered cars ‘will not be manufactured after 2024’ Cars powered by fossil fuels will no longer be made after 2024 as self-driving electrical vehicles become vastly cheaper to use, according to a report by a Californian think tank. In a meaningful way?

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Obamacare Creates Incentive to Work Less; CBO Estimates Obamacare Will Cost 2 Million Full-Time Equivalent Jobs by 2017

MishTalk

The CBO projects that insurance subsidies and related spending will account for increasing chunks of deficit spending, starting at $20 billion this year and steadily increasing to $159 billion in 2024, for a collective cost of just under $1.2 million in 2024. The cumulative total from the ACA for the next decade could reach $1.35

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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker Caught in Another Lie, Plans Mutualized Bank Guarantees

MishTalk

Mutualized Bank Guarantees Although denying that was his intention, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker Plans Deposit Guarantee Fund by 2024. But it would evolve via intermediate steps into a fully mutualised system by 2024, the documents show. But the draft plan appears to contradict his assurance.

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Study Says by 2030 1/4th of Miles Driven will be Driverless

MishTalk

The shift to SAEVs, which would be gradual and would begin by the early 2020s, would likely occur in cities with more than 1 million people, where there is sufficient demand to keep fleet utilization high and there are significant pain points associated with private vehicle ownership (expensive insurance, difficulty finding parking, and congestion).

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Bad Writing Is Destroying Your Company’s Productivity

Harvard Business

A great example is the report that the UMass Donahue Institute published about the economics of hosting the 2024 Olympics in Boston. To date, using insurance to protect a host city from cost overruns has not been used extensively. To date, using insurance to protect a host city from cost overruns has not been used extensively.