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Re:Retiring Retirement by sokoloff on Saturday December 08, 2018 @10:14AM (#18635567)
> Unneeded worker spots and/or burocratic procedures are created to create an illusion of extra labour.

Aren't both of those serving to increase the demand for labor, not the supply?

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Re:Retiring Retirement by anticensor on Saturday December 08, 2018 @10:35AM (#18635690)
No, demand can only be controlled indirectly in free market, no-UBI economies. You are creating a supply to fill already existing demand in this case.
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