Topic: Labor Cuts

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Selling the Monet
Episode 341 1:20:19 - 1:25:08

341: Selling the Monet

Eric Schmidt, German Labor and Low-Wage Jobs

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt suggested that unemployed American manufacturing workers should accept lower-wage jobs rather than remain jobless. He cited Germany's economic success as a result of labor and wage cuts, a claim the hosts dispute as being out of touch with the reality of the working poor. Schmidt is characterized as a "snide" elitist who is disconnected from the struggles of ordinary citizens.