tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658874470833994309.post5279047674631752330..comments2023-10-20T10:46:21.208+01:00Comments on Knowing and Making: Did he jump or was he pushed; is there a difference?Leigh Caldwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16150868700502562500noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658874470833994309.post-46279870250940729722012-05-09T09:56:23.662+01:002012-05-09T09:56:23.662+01:00Hi, Nice post! Would you please consider adding a ...Hi, Nice post! Would you please consider adding a link to my website on your page. Please email me back. <br /> <br />Thanks!<br /><br />Harry<br />harry.roger10@gmail.comRHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03266836864567938421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658874470833994309.post-85162159594451409292012-05-07T23:48:39.254+01:002012-05-07T23:48:39.254+01:00The right barely supports increasing returns to la...The right barely supports increasing returns to labor and opposes those measures to penalize capital, and those measures to increase returns are counterproductive. Lower taxes promote consumption of gains, not reinvestment, while higher taxes promote deferral and investment.Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658874470833994309.post-71697721618965813102012-05-07T17:42:12.429+01:002012-05-07T17:42:12.429+01:00Lord:
The treatment of capital and labour is not ...Lord:<br /><br />The treatment of capital and labour is not as asymmetrical as it might seem. In both cases, the economic advice is to increase the incentive to be productive - i.e. to increase the difference between the returns to not working, and the returns to working. (where "working" in the case of capital means putting it to work as an investment).<br /><br />These incentives can Leigh Caldwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16150868700502562500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658874470833994309.post-15748360457918064402012-05-07T15:42:28.516+01:002012-05-07T15:42:28.516+01:00It is difficult to even speak of this for what ass...It is difficult to even speak of this for what assurance is there of being in a position to reject a job when it is not offered to you, and most of the evidence is it is not offered to you, whether for fear you would not be happy with it, would feel entitled to more, would demotivate fellow employees, or would be there only temporarily. Rejecting a job implies voluntary while rejecting an Lordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658874470833994309.post-30414497046490402192012-05-07T12:09:18.246+01:002012-05-07T12:09:18.246+01:00I was a steelworker, retired going on four years n...I was a steelworker, retired going on four years now. I collected unemployment many times over the years. I was laid-off from three different jobs at one time in my work life, the steel job, a building job and an oil field job. I went back to school...<br />The steel firm I worked for paid into a government fund that covered their workers for half pay while they were laid off, they also paid normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651902762232427335noreply@blogger.com