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The Dire Shortage of Actual American Workers

The Dire Shortage of Actual American Workers
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I have predicted many times that the hope of restoring American manufacturing would ultimately falter on unforeseen grounds. Namely, there simply aren’t enough working-age people in the United States who know how to do stuff, care enough to do it, have the work ethic or mental discipline to make it through one full day’s work, or otherwise feel the inspiration to make themselves useful.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Author
Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]