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Could Labor Safety Regulation Cause an Increase in Robots Replacing American Workers?

Monday, April 10, 2017 13:44
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How do U.S firms respond to job safety regulations?  Do they simply comply with them? Or do they offshore to avoid them?  Or do they fire workers and hire robots to take their place?  I thought about this as a I read this NY Times opinion piece.  You will see that the author does not address these unintended consequences of ratcheting up safety regulation.  #economics_matters!



Source: http://greeneconomics.blogspot.com/2017/04/could-labor-safety-regulation-cause.html

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