They complain that the industry has not modernized and improve their productivity. That ain't true. I can remember hanging around construction sites as a boy many years ago. Studs were cut to length with handsaws. Now a days a Skilsaw or a radial arm saw zips thru two by fours in seconds. I remember the chink-chink-chink as the carpenters drove nails home with 20 oz framing hammers. Now one pfhht with an air nailer and a 10 penny nail is sunk right up to the head. Sheet goods, plywood, siding, sheet rock, go up faster than nailing boards together. Now a days even the smallest job does earthmoving with back hoes, bulldozers, and front end loaders rather than picks and shovels. CPVC piping goes in faster than copper tubing and cast iron drain pipe with oakum and lead joints. Romex cable goes in faster and easier than the old steel armored cable.
I'm thinking the Economist is written by the type of folk that cannot change a light bulb.
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