The Business mentality in a nutshell

Neil Reynolds in the Globe and Mail today:

In manufacturing, you measure success by the number of jobs you eliminate, not the number of jobs you create. No country has eliminated more jobs (proportionately) than the United States. Canada hasn't done nearly as well, especially in the past decade; indeed, and alas, it (for a few years) added jobs...

Update: Relentlessly Progressive Economics and Relentlessly Progressive Political Economy (No Relation) helpfully explain all the many and sundry reasons why Reynolds is a boob.