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Sometimes there is just a surplus of people. Besides, 50% of graduates being hireable sounds just about right.

• eru 11y ago
  Depending on the school of economics you subscribe to, there should never be a surplus of people. I mean, just go outside and have a look at the streets: if you don't live in Singapore, there's plenty of work to do even just cleaning them up. We could pay people to do that.
  • thewarrior 11y ago
    Ah the Keynesian solution of paying half the unemployed to dig ditches and then pay the other half to fill them up.
    • M8 11y ago
      That kind of "employment" already exists - known as 'social work'.
    • eru 11y ago
      You could let them actually do some useful work, too.