undefined | Better HN

0 pointslinkregister10y ago0 comments

An article about the Greenspan comment, which surprisingly advocates the position: http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2007/10/the_grea...

0 comments

4 comments · 2 top-level

emodendroket10y ago· 2 in thread

I don't find it surprising at all that the Economist would advocate a policy that would drive down wages. Why would that be surprising?

linkregisterOP10y ago

I don't have links to back it up, but I read just about every issue and I've never seen this viewpoint advocated in its print magazine.

Given the opinionated writing style, this is almost certainly a less-edited (or non-edited) "blogs" section in the same vein as the wild west that is blogs.forbes.com.

emodendroket10y ago

I haven't read the Economist in years but advocating something that would drive down wages is pretty much of a piece with its worldview. It's just surprising, perhaps, because usually these conversations focus on unskilled labor.

tosseraccount10y ago

Lower wages for Americans so Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates can pay less and make more?

There is no "labor shortage".

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse