tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post8894471229979662346..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: An Ethical Debate about Robots, Shorter Workweeks and UnemploymentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-84942830943841866932016-06-11T14:39:36.949-04:002016-06-11T14:39:36.949-04:00Sandwichman:
I was with you until you started the...Sandwichman:<br /><br />I was with you until you started the dialogue on Omar. I would have to read it a few more times to be consistent with what you are saying. I also read Dean Baker's short piece also. What amazing me is the willingness to write a few more laws;<br /><br />"expensive non-wage benefits like health care insurance and pensions were largely provided as fixed cost per worker, employers decided they would rather require more hours per worker than hire more workers. As a result, the 40-hour work week was largely frozen in place."<br /><br />This is all Overhead and has nothing to do with Direct Labor cost in the product. If Healthcare cost is the issue then fix it the same as Europeans have and the same with pensions. A healthy and well rested work force is more productive in the end. Dean does not appear to make the link in his words and that is what is missing.<br /><br />If you work labor harder you lose it in throughput. Have not measured the difference yet and I will probably miss the result in this go around as I age. Enjoyed the read though. Thanks!run75441https://www.blogger.com/profile/03790826995006015721noreply@blogger.com