tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post7573248645211932501..comments2024-03-28T07:50:06.102-04:00Comments on Mike Norman Economics: Zero Hedge — China Warns Trump "We Will Outlast You" As US "Significantly Escalates" Trade Warmike normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03296006882513340747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-41336760418259350552018-05-02T17:05:54.910-04:002018-05-02T17:05:54.910-04:00If people are hired only because they need jobs, r...<i> If people are hired only because they need jobs, rather than because the job needs people, what prevents them from being make-work? </i> Rodger Mitchell<br /><br />Nails it!<br /><br />But not just make-work - negative work since otherwise useful time is destroyed.<br /><br />But that's the point, isn't it? To destroy time? Similar to milk-dumping in the 1930's to raise milk prices?<br /><br />Sure let's have generous infrastructure spending but on bulldozers, not JG workers with spoons.Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-43669774609427886532018-05-02T16:57:39.034-04:002018-05-02T16:57:39.034-04:00Good critique of JG from Rodger Mitchell: https://...Good critique of JG from Rodger Mitchell: https://mythfighter.com/2018/05/02/the-mmt-jobs-guarantee-con-job/Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251252135305301336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761684730989137546.post-60787373430040835392018-05-02T13:35:36.338-04:002018-05-02T13:35:36.338-04:00Trade wars are a symptom of the unjust distributio...Trade wars are a symptom of the unjust distribution of ASSETS; i.e. who needs a job mining, creating, growing or selling real wealth to foreigners when one does not desperately need a job in the first place?Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296407661618321637noreply@blogger.com