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prolonging the useful life of the workforce is a big worry Not in my world. The world where we are at the tail end of the largest recession in two or three gen
by mechanical_fish 16y ago
prolonging the useful life of the workforce is a big worry
Not in my world. The world where we are at the tail end of the largest recession in two or three generations, with danger of double-dip; we have lots and lots of surplus productive capacity, productivity just keeps going up, and unemployment is between 10% and 25% in the US depending on how you count it.
- gte910h 16y agoRaise taxes, do make work projects. The growth of productivity will always be an issue.
- tansey 16y agoThink about how much more efficient and productive an economy could be if the oldest members didn't have to retire due to old age? More poignant to the current recession-- imagine how much better things would be now if people who lived through the great depression were still around (in large numbers) and running for office.
- smallblacksun 16y agoThink about how impossible it would be for the young to get a job if they had to compete against people who had been doing a job for 50, 100, 500 years.
- tansey 16y agoHow many jobs actually exist for more than 100 years? Also, just like we've seen in the last 200 years, people's education requirements would continue to grow. If you live to 1000, maybe the first 50 years of your life are spent as a student.