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The blog 'Breaking Bread' is for a civil general discussion, like you might have at the dinner table with guests. The posts 'Economics Without the B.S.' are intended for a general audience that wouldn't have to know the difference between a Phillips Curve, a Laffer Curve, or a Cole Hamels Curve. Vic Volpe was formally educated at Penn State and the University of Scranton, with major studies in History, Economics and Finance, and Business; and, is self-educated since by way of books and on-line university courses. His practical education came from fifty years of work experience in the blue-collar trades as well as a white-collar professional career -- a white-collar professional career in production and R&D. In his professional career and as a long-haul trucker, he has traveled throughout the lower forty-eight. From his professional career alone he has visited many manufacturing plants in the United States, Europe and China. He has lived in major metropolitan areas and very small towns in various parts of the United States. He served three years with the U.S. Army as an enlisted man, much of that time in Germany.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

How did we ever do it?

Economics Without The B.S.**:

[**  Double entendre intended.]


A Society That Builds Things

How did we ever get anything built without the help of EPA and OSHA?



Brave workers on the outstrecthed arm of the William Penn statue, above Philadelphia 1920s (no safety harness, hard hat, safety glasses, etc.)


Two brave construction workers stand on a steel girder above Kensington Avenue, near Lehigh Avenue, during construction of the Frankford Elevated Line. Notice the worker on the right only has one arm, he lost it during an accident at another construction site about 3 years before this photo was taken - June 10th 1919.

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