2026-03-19 11:50:42

# Economist Milton Friedman

visits China in 1980
sees thousands of workers digging a canal with shovels
asks a Chinese official: "Why don't you use excavators?"
the official responds: "That would eliminate jobs"
Friedman: "Then why not use spoons?"

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