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Arthur, As you know, if companies reduce costs, this will be reflected in lower
prices for the entire population. We can stop “off-shoring” in
order to “save” jobs if we wish, but it will be at the expense of
all Canadians. But, we may protect those and other jobs but not without raising costs,
but this requires protecting these jobs by stopping cheaper competitive goods
from entering the country. Again prices are raised and poorer people demand help. So, taxes are increased on efficient industries and more productive
people so that some form of subsidy can be doled out to hard pressed Canadians. By now the country is in the system. Everything must now be done within
this artificial construct and before long we really believe that this is the
way things should be done. Economists specialize in these interventions and soon come to believe
it’s the way things should be. And they can’t really handle the
complications which is why they are such poor predictors. Examples of this state of affairs abound in countries across the world.
It’s an If it is so important to preserve jobs and “create” full
employment, the easiest way to do it is to outlaw machinery. That would get all
of us working day and night to stay alive. Silly thought? Not really, for most of these economic ‘full
employment’ nostrums depend on making production more difficult, thereby
making more workers necessary. You’ll recall the two assumptions that precede Classical
Political Economy. “That people’s desires are unlimited.” And “That people seek to satisfy their desires with the least
exertion.” If the first is true – simply find an exception –
unemployment is an anomaly. If the second is true – simply find an exception – then
making the satisfaction of desires more difficult is contrary to the basic
wishes of us all. I’ve quoted Henry George’s pertinent questions several
times – because it goes to the heart of the matter – and because I
like it. “Why are people looking for jobs? Why aren’t jobs looking
for people?” As each desire is satisfied, more desires come into focus. Nearly
impossible desires are relegated to the bottom of the list – but are not
forgotten. Desires can range from three squares a day to a walk on a nature trail.
All of them depend on the easiest possible production of wealth. If production
is difficult you may never get on that trail. There is no doubt that in both We might say that in indulging themselves with “feel-good
solutions” so-called reformers are doing little more than solidifying
existing injustice. And a ‘national industrial policy’ is one of the
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