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I've heard there's a shortage too but I doubt it by the way big companies are acting. I think that just about the only thing they are short of is recruiters! I
by ed209 15y ago
I've heard there's a shortage too but I doubt it by the way big companies are acting. I think that just about the only thing they are short of is recruiters!
I've contacted a whole bunch of companies (the usual) and not heard back either way. Probably because they see I'm in the UK but if I've taken the time to write in about a job they posted, the decent thing to do is to reply either way.
- nradov 15y agoThere is no such thing as a shortage in a market economy; it's an oxymoron. (There may occasionally be short-term demand / supply imbalances but the market quickly finds a clearing price.)
- xiaoma 15y agoIrish potato famine? Droughts? Not every good has elastic demand.
- nradov 15y agoFamines are almost universally caused by political failures rather than by actual food shortages. For example we have seen wars where the combatants routinely confiscated food from civilians and prevented delivery of relief supplies. Or misguided governments have imposed price controls which acted as a disincentive to increase production. If you don't have a free market then obviously shortages can persist a long time.