台灣的工人愈來愈須去面對過去適用於已開發國家工人的“葛萊欣定律”

Organizations must reinvest in their most important asset, their people. If organizations cannot make the commitment to lifelong employment, they must commit to using attrition to reduce head count. They will not receive cooperation unless they make it clear that their people will not be working themselves out of a job.
經濟學家曼德爾（Ernest Mandel）提出“系統震撼.”（system shocks）這個在新自由主義風行年代被廣為採用的概念，被認為是新的經濟擴張期的必要條件，它指的是一組迥異從前、顛覆從前的生產因素，它可以是新資源的發現、它可以是革命或戰爭，最主要的是它要能澈底撼動、破壞過去習以為常的生產方式，讓一組全新更能謀利的生產方式。