Trump is an idiot. He understands little of economics or what is driving changes in trade flow and his proposals of tariff barriers would screw up USA plc even further. He's not even that good a businessman.
Nick Hanauer is starting to 'get it'. At a UK level the question we should all be asking is how do you stop the great unwashed from revolting when their fantasy routes to riches of doing 'more hours' or getting a 'better job' no longer exist?
Putting it bluntly what do you do with people who are too lazy to pick vegetables and too thick to be
bankers?
Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, 'gets it' too and has warned that “up to 15 million of the current jobs in Britain could be automated over time”.
http://www.cbronline.com/4th-revolution/robots-automation-destroy-15-million-uk-jobs-mark-carney/
And I wonder how many of that 15 million will be EC nationals who we are all (sic) so keen to give permission to stay in the UK post Brexit? They might be marginally good for the GDP while they are serving each other coffee but just wait until they all start signing on!
Take a little time out and watch this:-
and you might have an inkling of what is going on. (The book itself is on my Christmas wish list)
