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Re:Outsourced Jobs Are No Longer Cheap, So They're Being Aut... by yummyfajitas on Thursday October 09, 2014 @08:04AM (#8431850)
This makes no sense. If we shift resources from investment to consumption, we will have fewer projects that increase production in the long term.
Re:Outsourced Jobs Are No Longer Cheap, So They're Being Aut... by sheepmullet on Thursday October 09, 2014 @06:55PM (#8435437)
You are assuming too much.

1) Many people are currently in jobs producing very low multiples of their cost when they have the ability to produce much higher multiples.

E.g. If JK Rowling spent 10 years writing Harry Potter and spent the next 50 years in total consumption mode she would have still produced far more value than if she had worked in a basic office job for 60 years. How many Rowlings are stuck in low value producing roles?

2) Medium-Large companies are incredibly risk averse to the detriment of the overall market. As such the money they tie up gets very low returns. Forcing a shift in this money into either individuals or into automation attempts would provide far greater returns at an increased risk to a few companies but not an increased systematic risk for the economy.