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Re:Tech workers at UCSF face layoff, training their low paid... by davidw on Friday November 04, 2016 @12:58AM (#12870485)
Actually there are plenty of things - like rent control - that aren't much debated among economists. Economists almost universally reject the lump of labor fallacy.
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Re:Tech workers at UCSF face layoff, training their low paid... by commentzorro on Friday November 04, 2016 @07:36AM (#12871767)
In the overall economy it's considered a fallacy, but in the small or subset of the economy (like highly skilled IT people) there is not that consensus. Empirical evidence bears this out too.
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