Growing Quote by David Autor Download Open image “Labor is getting a shrinking slice of a pie that's not growing very much.” — David Autor ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Growing Labor Much Pie Shrinking
Labor is not fighting for a larger slice of the national pie-labor is fighting for a larger pie. — Walter Reuther Copy Share Image
I want our pie to grow all the people, but if some other guy's pie is growing a little faster, that's terrific. — Howard Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more. — Michel'le Copy Share Image
Since the 1980s, we have given the rich a bigger slice of our pie in the belief that they would create more wealth, making… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The point is to make the pie grow faster and distribute the new growth more equitably. — Louis O. Kelso Copy Share Image
'Rather than fighting over a piece of the pie, can we grow the pie?' is really our model. — Peggy Johnson Copy Share Image
When the economic pie grows larger, it's always possible for everyone to have a larger slice than before. So it's really in all of… — Robert H. Frank Copy Share Image
Give everyone a chance to have a piece of the pie. If the pie's not big enough, make a bigger pie. — Dave Thomas Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to take more of the pie for myself. I'm trying to make the pie larger for everyone. — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
It's like your little brother trying to get part of the pie. You want to keep him from cutting into the slice you want. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's extremely hard for the economy to grow when the workforce is shrinking. — Todd Young Copy Share Image
The average worker in 2015 wanting to attain the average living standard in 1915 could do so by working just 17 weeks a year,… — David Autor Copy Share Image
I did software development for a while, and I also spent several years directing a nonprofit in San Francisco that did computer education for… — David Autor Copy Share Image
China's rise is really a kind of a world historical event. This is the largest country in the world. It has caused a wholesale… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Computers were programmed to swap out error-prone, inconsistent human calculation with digital perfection. — David Autor Copy Share Image
The end of the 'tech bubble' in the year 2000 is, of course, widely recognized, as the NASDAQ stock index erased three-quarters of its… — David Autor Copy Share Image
The U.S. tends to export high-tech goods because we have strong comparative advantage there, and we tend to import labor-intensive and less skill-intensive goods… — David Autor Copy Share Image
If I lose my job at a furniture factory where I've worked for decades, no amount of cheaper toys and raincoats at Wal-Mart is… — David Autor Copy Share Image
I'm not yet convinced that we will face an unemployment problem created by AI. There will certainly be some occupations eliminated - drivers of… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Work is what structures adults' lives: it gives us purpose, focus, a set of responsibilities, and an identity. So when people are not participating… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Economists have understood since the Victorian era that the main benefits of trade come from comparative advantage: the idea that people can specialize in… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Here's a startling fact: in the 45 years since the introduction of the automated teller machine, those vending machines that dispense cash, the number… — David Autor Copy Share Image
Workers and jobs are naturally heterogeneous, and the quality of their interaction when paired is difficult to forecast. — David Autor Copy Share Image
I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
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Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants have… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
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I felt pretty good growing up. I didnt feel a lot of prejudice or racism. But I do remember, if there was going to… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind. — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image