Shortage of Adult Workers Makes Teens Employable Again
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#2Would just be nice to end the cycle with automation
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#3Would just be nice to end the cycle with automation
Yes, then everyone can be less employable.
If you redistribute the resulting capital returns, that could be nice, sure.
Stick to neoliberal capitalism and it's dystopian, though.
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#4Not being able to find a job without experience is devastating to morale and self-confidence. Never understood the arguments for less jobs.
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#6There is also a shortage of supermodels willing to marry me, a shortage of 7 foot tall guys who can shoot 3 pointers, and a shortage of new cars sold for $100 to go along with this labor shortage. Seriously though there is no labor shortage, raise the wages and any "shortage" will correct itself.
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#7Would just be nice to end the cycle with automation
Yes the expensive but not-ready automation tech that needs 0 maintenance is going to take 2100 by storm!
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, then everyone can be less employable. If you redistribute the resulting capital returns, that could be nice, sure. Stick to neoliberal capitalism and it's dystopian, though.
What alternative do you propose?
The way forward might be a synthesis of competing systems / approaches. For instance we could use neoliberal capitalism as a starting point, and (as a society) devote serious resources to addressing harmful effects caused by things like rent seeking and regulatory capture.
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#9There is also a shortage of supermodels willing to marry me, a shortage of 7 foot tall guys who can shoot 3 pointers, and a shortage of new cars sold for $100 to go along with this labor shortage. Seriously though there is no labor shortage, raise the wages and any "shortage" will correct itself.
Can you imagine writing: "pandemic-era lifestyle adjustments that lowered cost of living for many people"?
Is that a fun way of saying workers are getting pushed out of areas where workers are needed? Yeah that's a preexisting crisis.
What part of cost of living lowered? Food and building materials were already tariffed and pandemic made doing anything more expensive so prices soared even more.
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#10So child labour in other countries is a no go but in US is ok ? Yes 16-17 is at limit but ...