It has to do with America's future, about which -- here's a familiar opinion from me -- I'm an unqualified optimist. Now entertain another opinion of mine: Women are a major reason we will do so well. Start with the fact that our country's progress since has been mind-blowing, like nothing the world has ever seen.
Our secret sauce has been a political and economic system that unleashes human potential to an extraordinary degree. As a result Americans today enjoy an abundance of goods and services that no one could have dreamed of just a few centuries ago. The truth is that good managers are scarce, talent is always rare and you better use every bit of it that you can find," Buffett tells Yahoo Finance in an interview released today.
In light of the MeToo movement, Buffett says men have a great role to play in making sure women advance in their careers, in business and the economy. Although society has come a long way since a half-century ago, Buffett recalls a time when women were kept out of the workforce and predominantly told to depend on marriage as their path to livelihood. I mean, nobody ever said it that way.
So, I have seen half of the United States' talent basically put off to the side," Buffett adds. A change that would make Buffett hopeful for women in the workforce took place soon after: Following World War II, women's participation in the U. Department of Labor.
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