low-wage job, but they don t. they are only on the low rung of the ladder for a short time. that s why it s low-paying and a low rung. keep it low bob: how do you know that? greg: i studied it. low paying job has to be on the low rung to get people up on that. if you make the low rung high paying the unskilled worker can t get up there and move up. that is why the biggest myth of all time is sweat shots are bad. sweat shops for emerging economies and workers with no skills and over time the country moves away from it. bob: first minimum wage job i had was security guard at funeral parlor. dana: there wasn t a lot of business there, wasn t there? not a lot of poom walking through the door. bob: one of the biggest funeral parlors in new york city. it had to walk around and see the caskets every night. andrea: make sure what? bob: people don t steal rings. people used to take tough in it, the rings and that stuff. dana: that is another part of this story.
people toil for years on this low-wage job, but they don t. they are only on the low rung of the ladder for a short time. that s why it s low-paying and a low rung. keep it low bob: how do you know that? greg: i studied it. low paying job has to be on the low rung to get people up on that. if you make the low rung high paying the unskilled worker can t get up there and move up. that is why the biggest myth of all time is sweat shots are bad. sweat shops for emerging economies and workers with no skills and over time the country moves away from it. bob: first minimum wage job i had was security guard at funeral parlor. dana: there wasn t a lot of business there, wasn t there? not a lot of poom walking through the door. bob: one of the biggest funeral parlors in new york city. it had to walk around and see the caskets every night. andrea: make sure what? bob: people don t steal rings. people used to take tough in it, the rings and that stuff. dana: that is another
discussions was with harvard business school professor, michael porter, whose new project aims to help american companies compete on the global stage. michael porter still teaches, he s, like, iconic. but i m, like, a little person. he s a big deal. so now i m at the table with him. professor. this is, like, wow! you wept to harvard business school? i would have never guessed. i know. keep it low. keep it low. not that there s anything wrong. not that there s anything wrong. yeah. very good to have you. on u.s. competitiveness, where do you come down on this? well, gosh, i hate to be you re going to be debbie downer, aren t you? off cycle, but this issue is actually way down the list in terms of the problems facing the american economy. harvard business school took on, about a year ago, a major initiative to really take a deep look at the u.s. economy, how we were doing, how we could explain the problems we re facing with job generation and so forth.
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