O'Reilly and Me

Just a note to say that O'Reilly Radar picked up my recent essay, "Foxconn and Ford, Emerson and Jobs."

Thanks to Mac Slocum for opening the door.

Talking Technology!

 

Here’s the good news. The economic pie is growing again. Growth in the 4th quarter last year hit 3 percent on an annualized rate. That’s respectable – although still way too slow to get us back on track given how far we plunged.

Here’s the bad news. The share of that growth going to American workers is at a record low.

That’s largely because far fewer Americans are working. Although the nation is now producing more goods and services than it did before the slump began in 2007, we’re doing it with six million fewer people.

Why? Credit technology.

 Robert Reich, The Forgotten American Worker