January 1914 was a frigid month in Detroit – much like January 2014 has been. Nonetheless, thousands lined up in the bitter cold outside to take Henry Ford up on an extraordinary offer: $5 a day, for eight hours of work in a bustling factory.
I wish a version of this model could be applied to non profit and other social, environmental and non government organizations that provide low cost social services, to incentivise the sector economy and bring more capable staff into it.
I am saying this because this model wouldn't be able to be applied today to the government and other industries due the Unions.