Dylan Matthews
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I always imagine Charlie Chaplin in modern times just like cranking one knob on assembly line. That isn't really a thing anymore.
I always imagine Charlie Chaplin in modern times just like cranking one knob on assembly line. That isn't really a thing anymore.
I always imagine Charlie Chaplin in modern times just like cranking one knob on assembly line. That isn't really a thing anymore.
I just wanted to underline what Jeffrey was saying about southern competition, that I think so much of the narrative here is about competition from Mexico, from Japan and Korea when it comes to cars. And that's real. That played a role. But the U.S.
I just wanted to underline what Jeffrey was saying about southern competition, that I think so much of the narrative here is about competition from Mexico, from Japan and Korea when it comes to cars. And that's real. That played a role. But the U.S.
I just wanted to underline what Jeffrey was saying about southern competition, that I think so much of the narrative here is about competition from Mexico, from Japan and Korea when it comes to cars. And that's real. That played a role. But the U.S.
federal system and the fact that you had all these right-to-work states, that was undermining the union wage premium and putting pressure on these firms well before NAFTA came.
federal system and the fact that you had all these right-to-work states, that was undermining the union wage premium and putting pressure on these firms well before NAFTA came.
federal system and the fact that you had all these right-to-work states, that was undermining the union wage premium and putting pressure on these firms well before NAFTA came.
Yeah. So it all matters, but it's a story of the U.S. internally as well as about us and other countries.
Yeah. So it all matters, but it's a story of the U.S. internally as well as about us and other countries.
Yeah. So it all matters, but it's a story of the U.S. internally as well as about us and other countries.
I very much have an email job now. I almost always am on Zoom with sources or phone calls or things.
I very much have an email job now. I almost always am on Zoom with sources or phone calls or things.
I very much have an email job now. I almost always am on Zoom with sources or phone calls or things.
I do have articles. But if you really think about what am I doing, it's, well, I'm trying to create page views so that we can sell money to advertisers so they can sell cars. The whole economic process I am a part of is so baroque and so apart from what it is I'm actually doing day to day that – you lose that kind of connection. And I think that's an important emotional thing for some people.
I do have articles. But if you really think about what am I doing, it's, well, I'm trying to create page views so that we can sell money to advertisers so they can sell cars. The whole economic process I am a part of is so baroque and so apart from what it is I'm actually doing day to day that – you lose that kind of connection. And I think that's an important emotional thing for some people.
I do have articles. But if you really think about what am I doing, it's, well, I'm trying to create page views so that we can sell money to advertisers so they can sell cars. The whole economic process I am a part of is so baroque and so apart from what it is I'm actually doing day to day that – you lose that kind of connection. And I think that's an important emotional thing for some people.
I think some people have some guilt about their jobs sitting behind a computer, making more money than their, say, father made in a factory when it seemed like he was doing much more exhausting physical labor. And there's some of this that speaks to insecurities people might have about sort of knowledge sector labor.
I think some people have some guilt about their jobs sitting behind a computer, making more money than their, say, father made in a factory when it seemed like he was doing much more exhausting physical labor. And there's some of this that speaks to insecurities people might have about sort of knowledge sector labor.