I kid you not, ive seen Nepalis building a house using a loooong line of people passing shallow dishes of cement along to the top of the building. It certainly looked like exactly this kind of job creation scheme… Friedman can fuck off, though.
Many hands make light work, especially if the machine for the job isn’t available for whatever reason. But if the reason is “the guy next to you needs a job too” then the actual problem isn’t being addressed.
I know what this is. It makes sense in rough terrain where it is hard to get machinery to, even disassembled, but at the same time has no shortage of willing labour.
I kid you not, ive seen Nepalis building a house using a loooong line of people passing shallow dishes of cement along to the top of the building. It certainly looked like exactly this kind of job creation scheme… Friedman can fuck off, though.
Many hands make light work, especially if the machine for the job isn’t available for whatever reason. But if the reason is “the guy next to you needs a job too” then the actual problem isn’t being addressed.
I know what this is. It makes sense in rough terrain where it is hard to get machinery to, even disassembled, but at the same time has no shortage of willing labour.
Its very effective during disaster recovery.
This was in Kathmandu, so not exactly rough terrain.
Depending on the labor costs, it could be cheaper than a cement mixer and pouring concrete