>But arguably any labor shortage can be fixed by just having way higher wages. In the long term perhaps, but not in the short term. Bidding wars over an inadeq

>But arguably any labor shortage can be fixed by just having way higher wages. In the long term perhaps, but not in the short term. Bidding wars over an inadequate supply of suitably-skilled labour are good for those workers, but they aren't good for the economy or society as a whole.