Re:Will the rich world’s worker deficit last?
by sokoloff on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @10:29PM
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Are capital owners suffering currently or recently? I don’t see a ton of evidence for that and if I turn on CNBC or open up my brokerage and 401(k) statements, I see some evidence to the contrary.
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Re:Will the rich world’s worker deficit last?
by willcipriano on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @10:40PM
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I suspect they will be relatively soon, although I never said suffering, just a few lumps. For example I think Amazon is going to have some tough times in regards to workers over the next few years. Similarly, public sentiment is in a place where I can see legislation happening that is unfriendly to capitol. The current ruling party is talking about a new deal fairly often, depending if that pans out over the next few years and what specifically that entails that could hurt a bit.
If you zoom in a little closer you can see lots of little victories happening all the time in the boarder economy. Lots of workers moving into better positions for more pay and leaving behind employers who can only find more expensive and less able replacements, if any at all. My personal observation is workers in service industry jobs seem more casual than a year and a half ago, less hurried, perhaps less fearful of losing a job than can be replaced in a few hours.