yes. i often think that, too. from the article itself: Yet the experience of towns like Ames and Des Moines show that such “labor shortages” might be due to in

yes. i often think that, too. from the article itself: Yet the experience of towns like Ames and Des Moines show that such “labor shortages” might be due to insufficient wages and crummy working conditions — not an unwillingness of workers to switch industries or improve their skills for a job.