Tariffs won’t bring back good jobs. Globalization isn’t the enemy. The real problem is a system that cuts American workers out of the prosperity they helped create.
The problem is, your " shareholder" idea is premised on employment, which you demonstrate earlier in your piece, is not going to be happening on a wide scale -- people replaced by automation, decisions made by logarithims, etc -- so many people would not be able to enter into the structure/dynamics you propose for not leaving people out.
I also suggest that work should no longer be viewed as just units of production. That means that generally any meaningful contribution to society would apply. Are you a musician that anybody is listening to? That qualifies. Are you volunteering at a nursing home? Qualified. Are you tutoring math at your local high school or maybe babysitting? Good to go. There will always be something of “value” to someone that you can do.
Does this regime know *anything* about economics? I mean, I know it's mostly voodoo; but even just the basic stuff? For example: according to Bloomberg, our exports to Mexico have risen by 65% over the last year. Now, please tell me why the hel we would put any kind of tariff whatsoever on that country.
Thanks for this analysis. I like it a lot.
The problem is, your " shareholder" idea is premised on employment, which you demonstrate earlier in your piece, is not going to be happening on a wide scale -- people replaced by automation, decisions made by logarithims, etc -- so many people would not be able to enter into the structure/dynamics you propose for not leaving people out.
I also suggest that work should no longer be viewed as just units of production. That means that generally any meaningful contribution to society would apply. Are you a musician that anybody is listening to? That qualifies. Are you volunteering at a nursing home? Qualified. Are you tutoring math at your local high school or maybe babysitting? Good to go. There will always be something of “value” to someone that you can do.
Does this regime know *anything* about economics? I mean, I know it's mostly voodoo; but even just the basic stuff? For example: according to Bloomberg, our exports to Mexico have risen by 65% over the last year. Now, please tell me why the hel we would put any kind of tariff whatsoever on that country.