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protomyth
on April 20, 2010
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Why Teenagers Are Growing Up So Slowly Today
The other problem problem is that the current system has a lot of people and organizations invested in keeping the system running as is or adding more days to the system to add to income. Children aren't the issue, paychecks are the issue.
wtn
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The other problem is that dumping millions of teenagers into the workforce would decrease wages for older people.
mmt
on April 20, 2010
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This is only a problem if one assumes labor and wages are a zero-sum game, which I think most people on HN would disagree with.
stretchwithme
on April 21, 2010
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exactly. any new worker will add to both demand and supply or save his money for someone else to borrow and add to demand.
wvenable
on April 20, 2010
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The schools seem to removing days, not adding them, in order to meet their budget.
protomyth
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I remember a thread on this very board where there was a article on year-round-schooling.
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