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The truth of the matter has always been "There is a shortage of STEM majors willing to work for the wages we'd like to pay them." Pumping up the idea of the "S
by Fomite 13y ago
The truth of the matter has always been "There is a shortage of STEM majors willing to work for the wages we'd like to pay them."
Pumping up the idea of the "STEM Crisis" is just a way to inflate supply.
- vonmoltke 13y agoI think there is also a healthy dose of "There aren't enough candidates who meet our unreasonably high standards out there!" in some circles. Compounded, of course, by your point.
- naterator 13y ago> Pumping up the idea of the "STEM Crisis" is just a way to inflate supply. Perhaps, but this should be seen in the larger context of a general glut of supply of high-skilled AND low-skilled workers. The truth is, it isn't just STEM where oversupplied & underpaid workers exist. Humanity is becoming more efficient at everything, and there is less work to go around. White collar is the new Blue Collar, it's just that no one acts like it. Economists have acknowledged this[1], but of course haven't proposed real solutions. The real solutions are: (A) White collar Unionizes against an ever shrinking management, or (B) we come up with some kind of shared work program, where we finally start towards the goal of 100% unemployment for humanity. But no one of any power really wants to talk about that. A psychological phase change will be needed for that to happen. [1] http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21586581-economist-asks-provocative-questions-about-future-social-mobility-american?zid=297&ah=3ae0fe266c7447d8a0c7ade5547d62ca http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21586581-economi...