Paul Krugman認証済みアカウント

In a service based economy, why do corporations refuse to pay their workers more? More income means more $ to spend on goods and services.

This right here. They tell us to spend to drive the economy, but the economy is driven by traditionally low wage service jobs.

Yes, those working 2 or 3 part time jobs, trying to make ends meet, aren't spending. Bring back full time & decent pay, economy will go up

As someone who is full time at a job like this it still doesn't pay decent. And I'm above the min wage.

There is no Amazon for coal.....yet

But hopefully there is the understanding that using coal as energy is destructing the environment and very 20th century. Use clean energy!

Coal burning is more like the 19th century, back when boomtowns would of been in places like Appalachia.

Before you can create other energy, like electricity, or want to use coal for heating, indeed you need to burn it! This was a shortcut

The electric power industry has been moving away from coal for YEARS !

I wonder why Trump hasn't bragged about this?

I wonder why you don't bring up how high taxes is not friendly to business

That's not the cause of these job losses. Read the article.

Still a fact

It may be a fact but is not a factor. This is why science is so important for every aspect of life. Even economy uses science

only someone being paid or an actual bot would say something that dumb.

Yep it doesn't make sense my famil has always been in biz it's always a factor high taxes also don't provide consumers confidence to buy