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Low-wage jobs pave path to poverty

Trade Me founder Sam Morgan last week commented to NBR that “destruction of low-wage jobs ... is an unfortunate side effect of productivity-enhancing tools and technological change.” With special audio feature.

Fri, 26 Feb 2016

Trade Me founder Sam Morgan last week commented to NBR that “destruction of low-wage jobs ... is an unfortunate side effect of productivity-enhancing tools and technological change.”

My dad never thought it unfortunate. He loved the “destruction” of low-wage jobs, especially his.

As a 14-year-old

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