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While simultaneously the American economy grew and grew and grew in the greatest era of prosperity in the history of the world. Point: Unionization distributed
by raganwald 17y ago
While simultaneously the American economy grew and grew and grew in the greatest era of prosperity in the history of the world.
Point: Unionization distributed wealth across the economy, building a consumer society and accelerating growth.
Counter-point: The economy was growing so much for other reasons that it succeeded in spite of unionization.
Discuss.
- Alex3917 17y agoBecause of the teachers union the general population is dumb and uneducated. Because of the automotive unions, we have no decent public transportation. And because of the doctors union, large swaths of the population have no access to healthcare and doctors have so little critical thinking ability that it takes on average seven years to diagnose a disease. Is it possible that unions made wealth more equally distributed and thus increased growth? Yes. However, using unions to increase distribution of wealth is pretty much worst imaginable way to do it.