NPR: Computerized grocery cart shocks, horrifies union officials

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Why am I reminded of the petition of the French candlemakers, who argued 
that sunlight unfairly hurts candlemakers?
http://bastiat.org/en/petition.html

Based on this summary, at least, the Massachusetts union officials are just 
as self-serving and hostile to shoppers as the protectionist bureaucrats of 
Bastiat's day.

-Declan

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Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 18:58:53 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>

Groceries Test High-Tech Shopping

A Northeast grocery store chain tests the Shopping Buddy, a
computerized cart that's winning rave reviews from customers. The
device remembers shopping lists and gives final-cost totals of the
cart's contents. But Massachusetts union officials believe the
high-tech cart could cost a lot of grocery store workers their jobs.
Pippin Ross reports.

http://www.npr.org/rundowns/segment.php?wfId=1528218

http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=2&prgDate=01-Dec-2003

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