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At the end of humanity, when the Sun finally burns out, and Earth drifts into a slow freeze in the final sunset - mankind will still not have grasped economics.
by lionhearted 15y ago
At the end of humanity, when the Sun finally burns out, and Earth drifts into a slow freeze in the final sunset - mankind will still not have grasped economics.
- geebee 15y agoYou got to elaborate on this. I'm going to guess that you're objecting to the way that the article seems to treat the number of jobs as a zero sum game, where boomers have to leave to "open up" one of a finite number of jobs for younger people (or anyone else, for that matter)? This was the first reaction I had to the article as well. Thing is, it is actually debatable, or at least more nuanced than this. I lean toward the belief that relatively free markets and a robust entrepreneurialism can provide a huge amount of flexibility, to the point where discussing who "gets" a job may miss the point. Certainly young people who prefer to create startups are demonstrating that there's no need to try to climb a ladder, or at least that there are all kinds of options for creating your own job. That said, I think there's enough friction and inertia in society and markets that a younger generation can be meaningfully stymied by an older one hanging on to the reigns. Anyway, I'm not sure I've responded to your objection to this article - I'm really just responding to my own.
- lootabooga 15y agoMankind might --"free-market" neo-liberals and Ayn Rand fans, though, never.