• Thisfox
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    What is a markiplier?

    Edit: Really enjoying these answers, thankyou, no regrets guys :)

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      He’s a YouTuber guy with a kind of distinctive voice, does a lot of Let’s Play videos. Recently he’s branched out into podcasts & stuff. Seems like a decent dude, unless I’ve missed recent drama.

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      It’s the concept that government spending actually leads to more consumer spending. To calculate the total economic growth of a government spending package, you add in a multiplier (aka a markiplier) to the total expense to get the total economic growth.

      The govt spends 1 mil, 500k of that goes to consumers who spend it again, then 250k of that is spent again, etc. The total growth is 2 mil. This kind of logic is used to justify government spending packages.

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      I don’t know for sure, but my first thought was the homemade compass my dad made for me in elementary school when I lost mine. He made it out of a pencil, duct tape, and a pair of needlenose pliers.