Comments on: One man’s trash is another man’s … http://www.26econ.com/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans/ Online economics Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:01:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Ken Houghton http://www.26econ.com/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans/#comment-2569 Ken Houghton Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:07:40 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans/#comment-2569 All right, now can someone please explain why Japan doesn't just let those Indian (as in subcontinent) workers who garbage-pick for a living in a much more dangerous manner--you know, the ones economists cite as exemplars of society because they have fully analysed their risks and rewards and believe this is the ideal job for them--and let them do a lot of the sorting. THAT would lower the cost of mining Japanese garbage, making it at least marginally more effective. All right, now can someone please explain why Japan doesn’t just let those Indian (as in subcontinent) workers who garbage-pick for a living in a much more dangerous manner–you know, the ones economists cite as exemplars of society because they have fully analysed their risks and rewards and believe this is the ideal job for them–and let them do a lot of the sorting.

THAT would lower the cost of mining Japanese garbage, making it at least marginally more effective.

]]> By: Chris Meisenzahl http://www.26econ.com/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans/#comment-2562 Chris Meisenzahl Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:11:23 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/one-mans-trash-is-another-mans/#comment-2562 Very interesting! Very interesting!

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