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What about the "deep personal losses" suffered in the garment industry, in electronics, in agriculture? What about all the people that lost their jobs as a res
by zeroname 8y ago
What about the "deep personal losses" suffered in the garment industry, in electronics, in agriculture?
What about all the people that lost their jobs as a result of technological progress? What of those poor ice pickers, who lost their livelihood to the invention of the refrigerator?
- HillaryBriss 8y agoright. more examples of the same. economic gains are unevenly distributed and some workers experience a deep net loss. so, what regulatory or governmental policies and programs did Friedman think could actually help people once they arrive in that state? what can an economist say about policy for workers whose livelihood disappeared?
- ric2b 8y agoSupposedly you can offer adult re-training, free if your industry is in a decline.