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0 pointspolitician3y ago0 comments

This statement is missing qualifiers.

Consider the extreme counter-example: A small village of a dozen individuals sitting a top a mountain of gold is unlikely to be able to operate an industrial scale gold mining operation.

There can be too few people to do certain work. Nuclear plant operators. Ordinance disposal experts. Electricians in my area...

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pksebben3y ago· 1 in thread

but hold on. "not having people" and "not having people with the skills you need" are different in this regard. Offering more money won't make more people, but it will motivate people to learn skills.

lesuorac3y ago

Sure but in the interim (while they're learning skills) you don't have as many as you want of nuclear reactor operators AKA a labor shortage.

Whether or not the real world has a true labor shortage or just a shortage for the current market price is not shown. i.e. if you offered more wages would some stay at home parents meet the demand?

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