tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post2494260867272534711..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: Are Cashiers Getting Too Expensive?Dr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-89216572600025736712015-11-15T23:32:11.896-07:002015-11-15T23:32:11.896-07:00John: 41/50 (you wrote "has" instead of ...John: 41/50 (you wrote "has" instead of "have", dropped a "the", and I think you meant "labor costs increased" rather than "labor increased").<br /><br />I'm going to let most of this comment slide, because I'm not sure where John meant labor and where he meant labor costs.<br /><br />The one thing I want to point out is that there are a Dave Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877686358267438045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-44750743801456636012015-11-15T10:44:50.292-07:002015-11-15T10:44:50.292-07:00I think this is a perfect example of why we should...I think this is a perfect example of why we shouldn't increase minimum wage. As labor increased in the manufacturing industry in the United States, firms improved technology and automated more manufacturing jobs. However, increased labor will force companies to automate jobs, which in turn, will decrease jobs. As McDonald's has added kiosks to decrease labor, so has Wal-Mart and other Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06463773002651777978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-50075749495041450342015-11-13T00:02:55.288-07:002015-11-13T00:02:55.288-07:00Vickie: 50/50
There are directions in the bar at ...Vickie: 50/50<br /><br />There are directions in the bar at the top of the blog's main page on how to link. Inside that, there are directions about how to make a nice looking link in a comment. However, once you submit your comment, a student commenter can't go back and edit it (like you can with a post). So we'll just have to live with that URL instead of a link.<br /><br />I think Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-70985794571911440532015-11-11T20:56:36.461-07:002015-11-11T20:56:36.461-07:00This post is interesting. I hadn’t heard that McDo...This post is interesting. I hadn’t heard that McDonald’s was claiming the implementation of the new technology was to solely offer additional service options to their customers.<br /><br />What I did hear, was that in response to Seattle’s new $15.00 per hour minimum wage, McDonald’s immediately implemented self-serve kiosks. The news was all over social media during June of 2015. You can read Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491317680944808655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-3643852051429767542015-11-03T14:33:32.287-07:002015-11-03T14:33:32.287-07:00CChilds: 100/100.
This is a good post about which...CChilds: 100/100.<br /><br />This is a good post about which I have very little to say (because what's written doesn't require much redirection).<br /><br />The real problem here is that they're legislating labor costs but not labor productivity. Employers must make sure that productivity exceeds costs. They could respond to all of this by improving productivity, but that's hard Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.com