Where Did the Jobs Go?: The Iceman Goeth: Technology and Jobs

From my book site with Jean Johnson, wheredidthejobsgo:

Iceman, Mott Street, New York, 1941

(Library of Congress photo)

Once, there was an iceman working nearly every street in every town in America, including one of our grandfathers. The disappearance of the iceman and the rise of the refrigerator says a lot about how technology affects jobs — and points out what the…