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> Wait - so unemployment is bad. Unless enough people have jobs, then it's good? Yes. The ideal amount of unemployment isn't zero. People quit jobs and move t
by HWR_14 4y ago
> Wait - so unemployment is bad. Unless enough people have jobs, then it's good?
Yes.
The ideal amount of unemployment isn't zero. People quit jobs and move to new cities (sometimes following their spouse who gets a new job) and then look for work there. People upgrade their skills. There are a lot of reasons people might temporarily be unemployed. If they don't have the freedom to do those things, that's bad.
If the unemployment rate is zero, that also means that there are jobs that literally cannot be filled and are not being done. That's bad too.
Obviously, an unemployment rate of 20% is also bad.
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- kqr 4y ago> If the unemployment rate is zero, that also means that there are jobs that literally cannot be filled and are not being done. That's bad too. Well... I'd argue that depends on which jobs it is that goes unfilled. I'm sure many people here have worked jobs that would be better off not done.
- HWR_14 4y agoIf there are too many jobs that need doing, do you think the undone jobs are janitorial at minimum wage or shuffling papers in an office for substantially more?
- sky-kedge0749 4y agoZero unemployment causes wages to go up fast as employers must constantly outbid each other for workers. This is bad in a theoretically efficient market because each employer is already running at maximum efficiency and every job is necessary, so there's no slack in the system. In the real world with super high executive pay, massive inefficiency, and massive employment of exploited, underpaid immigrant labor, it's less of a problem.