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On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:53:19 +0100, Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:22:26 -0000 (UTC)
>RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> 
>> 
>> Not sure that holds on a number of levels - technology was supposed
>> to result in a 3 day week and prosperity for all when I was growing
>> up in the 60s.
>> 
>> And I've just come across Jevons paradox while studying retrofit. The
>> notion that as technology increases efficiency and reduces cost, a
>> sort of dumb reaction happens, where people tend to consume more -
>> 'leave the heating on - it's an ASHP and hardly using any
>> electricity' type of thing. Apparently it's quite common in energy
>> efficient homes.
>> 
>
>That's one factor, another is the enormous increase in regulations
>since the Sixties. Not only is government much larger, but private
>businesses must employ or hire accountants, compliance officers and
>other lawyers to keep the directors out of jail. The work force has
>to a large degree shifted from productive work to non-productive work.

Starting a business is horrible. You need a zillion registrations and
businesses licenses, local and state and federal. You need a lawyer
(at $500/hour)  and an accountant and a business manager, three
overhead people for one working employee. And a  Board of Directors
and insurance for them.

Not to mention product liability insurance, UL and FCC and CE
compliance, ITAR and stuff.