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Yet, at the same time, they also provide all those jobs. Is bloating and inefficiency all that bad if it provides good jobs and the jobs have a good work/life b
by spinach 8y ago
Yet, at the same time, they also provide all those jobs. Is bloating and inefficiency all that bad if it provides good jobs and the jobs have a good work/life balance?
- bradleyjg 8y agoThis is exactly the question that the parable of the broken window answers. http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html
- strainer 8y agoI wouldn't say exactly because over-staffing does not entail destruction like window smashing does. Overstaffing entails significant training and break time while on duty. Time to train, break and help other departments is considered a premium quality of creative working environments. Factory style production environments that are goal focused are a special case of keeping workers running, best when its to finish early.
- trophycase 8y ago"Creating jobs" is a silly argument. Literally anyone can create jobs if they are useless. Here's a shovel, go dig a hole then fill it back in.
- blattimwind 8y ago> Here's a shovel, go dig a hole then fill it back in. That's ... actually how it's done, yes. Besides dam construction the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maschsee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maschsee is a nice example of literal hole digging.