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Re:You Will Lose Your Job to a Robot and Sooner Than You Think by mac01021 on Monday November 06, 2017 @10:34AM (#15636167)
> I say companies refusing to pay enough for labor, then complaining they can't find workers.

They'll pay any amount for labor up to the point where the cost of the labor outweighs the additional profit for the company that the labor will induce.

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Re:You Will Lose Your Job to a Robot and Sooner Than You Think by ryandrake on Monday November 06, 2017 @11:03AM (#15636373)
In other words, there is exactly enough labor, given labor cost and profit. So where is the ‘shortage?’
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