> We learned over a hundred years ago that those labor practices are barbaric and unnecessary to provide a healthy economic condition for our country. I really

> We learned over a hundred years ago that those labor practices are barbaric and unnecessary to provide a healthy economic condition for our country. I really don't think that's the way it worked. I think that a sufficient amount of hard work and suffering in unendurably harsh conditions built up productive capital much faster than humane treatment and safe working conditions could have. Then, this massive advantage we'd built allowed us to expend more resources making work more tolerable, and export the less pleasant parts of building modern civilization abroad.