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a16z Assertion Open · timeframe Sep 2017
Smith: 2000s US Manufacturing Job Losses Coincided With Productivity Slowdown
“It wasn't until the 2000 that absolute manufacturing employment started to fall and that manufacturing employment started to fall along with manufacturing productivity slowing down.”
Noah Smith Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 24:36 a16z Podcast | Adjusting to Trade... and Innovation
a16z Assertion Not yet assessed · timeframe Sep 2022
Smith: Ancient Romans possessed steam engine technology without mass deployment
“And the Romans had all the technology for steam engines. They even did some mining with steam. A Roman inventor had a little steam engine on his desk called the alio pile, but they never really deployed it on mass.”
Noah Smith Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:26 a16z Podcast | Adjusting to Trade... and Innovation
a16z Assertion Not yet assessed · timeframe Sep 2017
Smith: US Workers Displaced By 80s Trade Found Equal Or Better Jobs
“When economists around in the late nineties and early 2000 went back and looked at those episodes, what they found is that the displaced workers Almost all found new jobs in doing very similar things for same or higher pay.”
Noah Smith Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:40 a16z Podcast | Adjusting to Trade... and Innovation
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