“U.S. businessman visiting China a few years ago. The American came upon a team of 100 workers building a dam with shovels. Shovels. He commented to a local official that, with an earth-moving machine, a single worker could build the dam in an afternoon. The official replied, “Yes, but think of all the unemployment that would create.” “Oh,” said the businessman, “I thought you were building a dam. If it’s jobs you want to create, then take away their shovels and give them spoons.” ”
