You of course also need to consider demand, and whether we desire more manufacturing goods than we produce. That doesn’t necessarily or even probably invalidate your thesis, but it is incomplete without it.
The statement that ‘The men who used to make ships set out successfully to destroy their industry’ is a fanny. Prove me wrong, please, by citing data, not slogans.
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1 Matt // Mar 7, 2009 at 11:31 am
You of course also need to consider demand, and whether we desire more manufacturing goods than we produce. That doesn’t necessarily or even probably invalidate your thesis, but it is incomplete without it.
2 Martin // Mar 7, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Yes, indeed, we all get richer from having men who used to make ships wearing hairnets and making overpriced sandwiches.
I suppose…
3 dearieme // Mar 7, 2009 at 7:45 pm
The men who used to make ships set out successfully to destroy their industry. Idiots.
4 Mr Potarto // Mar 8, 2009 at 1:36 am
How many sandwiches have you bought? And how many ships?
5 Martin // Mar 9, 2009 at 7:18 am
dearieme,
The statement that ‘The men who used to make ships set out successfully to destroy their industry’ is a fanny. Prove me wrong, please, by citing data, not slogans.
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