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That's what every labour shortage I've ever heard of actually seems to mean. The strangest part is that this seems like basic capitalist dogma -- "businesses co
by revolvingocelot 4y ago
That's what every labour shortage I've ever heard of actually seems to mean. The strangest part is that this seems like basic capitalist dogma -- "businesses compete via wages to attract skilled workers", and if they don't, they don't get any -- but neither the media nor the hardheaded forum-warriors wielding FACTS and LOGIC seem to understand it in that way.
My "cynical" take is that these are the market wages, because the MBAs seem to see paying people as a cost centre. Why not just convince the remaining workers to work several times harder? What do you mean we can't seem to prevent prospective hires from noticing the death-march atmosphere?
- mantas 4y agoWell, food is my cost centre. I should come in to a restaurant with €1 and expect to be fed. When I get kicked out, I'll just call it food shortage! It smells to me like „market for me, but not for thee“. Does labour have market force to set wages? Nah, if they try to do that.. Let's either import products by removing import taxes or import more labour. But god forbid somebody tries to do anything about pricing...
- antisthenes 4y ago> Does labour have market force to set wages? If your unions haven't been systematically gutted for a century, then yes, to some degree.
- mantas 4y agoUnions, representative democracy that actually represented different layers of society...