> Indeed, between 2002 and 2007, employment at breweries actually declined in the midst of an economic expansion. I'm not sure this is a bad thing. Although it

> Indeed, between 2002 and 2007, employment at breweries actually declined in the midst of an economic expansion. I'm not sure this is a bad thing. Although it means loss of jobs, it also means the breweries got more efficient (producing the same or more with less human effort involved). How does this work, economically? More jobs is good, more efficiency is good, but you can't have both when growth is limited.