08-18-2015, 04:07 PM
(08-18-2015, 01:22 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Things are changing, manufacturing jobs are disappearing etc. And yet there is no evidence that we are on the precipice of mass unemployment. Each time in the past, the society has adjusted (with some pains, to be sure) and found new ways of employing people. Without evidence, I'm not convinced that this time will be any different.
Sorry for the tangent...
This may not be sufficient evidence for you (to be fair, it's not sufficient to convince me on its own, either). But it is persuasive, and describes the mechanisms in play which back the case for why this time might be different.