Letters,
Labor/Employment
Feb. 10, 2015
We're building jobs here, not a canal
James P. Gray's story in a recent column reminded me of an anecdote attributed to the late Milton Friedman.
Anthony J. Oncidi
Partner
Proskauer Rose LLP
labor & employment
2049 Century Park East
Los Angeles , CA 90067
Phone: (310) 284-5690
Email: aoncidi@proskauer.com
U Chicago Law School
Anthony is chair of the West Coast Labor and Employment Department of Proskauer in Los Angeles.
James P. Gray's story ("Minimum wages: you can't fake reality (forever)," Feb. 4) about a Soviet worker using a non-functioning vacuum cleaner to vacuum the rugs of a Moscow hotel each day reminded me of one of the most famous anecdotes attributed to the late economist and brilliant gadfly, Milton Friedman. Dr. Friedman recalled traveling to an Asian country in the 1960s and visiting a worksite where a new canal was being built. He was shocked to see that, instead of modern tractors and ea...
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