Second Order Effects
The side effect of policy
Looking back at past events and drawing conclusions about the second order effects.
In the previous article about a $15 per hour minimum wage the author predicted that automation would be used to reduce labor hours. Well, look at this McDonald’s and what do you see, terminals for the customers to fill out their orders instead of minimum wage workers. This Seattle McDonald’s has automated to eventually reduce it’s labor costs. This is just the start, the faster that wages go up, the faster things will be automated.
Premise of Article: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be a lesson in what not to do when one has all of the levers of power. The Second Order Effect of the Legislation that this article discusses is the consistent opposition by the Republicans. This article is not about the goodness or badness of …
The current court is the most conservative since the 1920s. Senator Harry Reid is responsible for this dramatic changes in the Supreme Court. See how ignoring traditions in the Senate set in motion the actions that revoked Roe V. Wade.