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It is a strange but common assumption that consumers and workers are irrational, while the state is the summit of rationality and omniscience. This view of the world is upside down. Accepted wisdom also claims that government can or should create jobs. Looking at the world “upside up” will help us understand why governmental make-work programs cannot create efficient jobs.
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© 2014 Pierre Lemieux
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Lemieux, P. (2014). Artificial Jobs. In: Who Needs Jobs?. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137353511_12
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