Ronald Reagan’s father lost his job on Christmas Eve. It’s a reminder of how different things used to be. Since life was so much more uncertain over 100 years ago for the average American, it’s no surprise that life was equally, if not more uncertain for those who employed the average American. Is it […]
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As Nvidia’s Jensen Huang routinely points out, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is work. That’s why it will be the most powerful, growth boosting, job creator the world has ever known. It can’t be said enough that what does work for humans creates exponentially more work opportunities for those same humans. Those predicting the opposite – that
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People drive economic growth. Which means President Trump’s problem isn’t the Fed, it’s his own administration’s deportations. Trump wants economic growth, but he doesn’t want the people who make growth abundant. Which is just a comment that whatever one’s opinion on immigration, a lack of it combined with aggressive ICE attempts to arrest and
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Buc-ee’s, the creator of the world’s greatest gas/charging stations and accompanying convenience stores that are beyond football field length, doesn’t need a law to compensate its employees well. Just the same, Buc-ee’s doesn’t consult “supply and demand” charts to happen on the “right” employee wages. Which means Buc-ee’s is a wonderful rejection of left
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Jobs are the easy part. It’s worth remembering every time a politician talks about “jobs created” by his or her economic program. They’re missing the point. True economic growth is an effect of the work not required of humans. SalesForce founder Marc Benioff explained all of this so well in a recent opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal.
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President Trump promises to bring back manufacturing jobs to the U.S. If we forget that he can’t do what he claims he will, we can at least think about the horrid economic implications of any politician reviving the past. To do so is to repel the humans that drive all progress, followed by a
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