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An article about the Greenspan comment, which surprisingly advocates the position: http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2007/10/the_great_equalizer_alan_
by linkregister 11y ago
An article about the Greenspan comment, which surprisingly advocates the position: http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2007/10/the_great_equalizer_alan_green http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2007/10/the_grea...
- tosseraccount 11y agoLower wages for Americans so Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates can pay less and make more? There is no "labor shortage".
- emodendroket 11y agoI don't find it surprising at all that the Economist would advocate a policy that would drive down wages. Why would that be surprising?
- linkregister 11y agoI don't have links to back it up, but I read just about every issue and I've never seen this viewpoint advocated in its print magazine. Given the opinionated writing style, this is almost certainly a less-edited (or non-edited) "blogs" section in the same vein as the wild west that is blogs.forbes.com.
- emodendroket 11y agoI haven't read the Economist in years but advocating something that would drive down wages is pretty much of a piece with its worldview. It's just surprising, perhaps, because usually these conversations focus on unskilled labor.