Goddamned Noah Smith. Can you spot the question-begging?pic.twitter.com/MyhGsZ7AzD
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Counterpoint: http://deoxy.org/endwork.htm
I think I disagree. A lot of people have uncool jobs that give them social networks,time out of the house, moderate activity,dignity
And a lot of people have uncool jobs that tear them away from their families, break down their bodies, humiliate them.
"Dignity" is generally horseshit, spackle for bad moralizing, but at best it's obtained from _earning_ money.
The kind of jobs program technocrats propose isn't earning, it's welfare + conscription. Makework doesn't afford dignity.
I think the central bank in most countries is undertaking a deliberate policy of encouraging work, and I think this is a good thing.
a job may also provide exactly one of: A, a venue for genuine accomplishments B, a fair simulacrum of A C, a grotesque parody of A
self-worth derived from A is a fine thing but jobs providing A are rarer than jobs providing B or C & can't be conjured up by fiat
(my basic position on employment and self-worth, just stated for the record)
Yes.
yep. looks like we're basically on the same page
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