What's a Hobson's Choice? - 15 April 2009
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🗓️ 15 April 2009
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| 0:52.0 | Recently a friend emailed to ask about a |
| 0:55.0 | curious phrase she'd run across. A newspaper columnist argued that when it comes to |
| 1:00.4 | fixing the economy, the Obama administration faces a Hobson's choice. |
| 1:06.8 | In other words, the writer said, although shoring up U.S. banks may be wildly unpopular, economic recovery requires doing exactly that. |
| 1:17.0 | Now you might guess from the context that a Hobson's choice isn't really a choice at all. You either take what you're offered or you get nothing. |
| 1:26.8 | A great example of a Hobson's choice is the famous declaration by automaker Henry Ford. In his 1922 autobiography, Ford wrote that his |
| 1:36.3 | model T would be available in any color, quote, so long as it is black. The |
| 1:42.4 | phrase Hobson's choice goes all the way back to 17th century |
| 1:45.8 | England. For 50 years Thomas Hobson ran a stable near Cambridge University. |
| 1:51.4 | There he rented out horses to students. |
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