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Re:It's the 21st century – why are we working so much? by Dylan16807 on Sunday August 04, 2013 @07:18PM (#6157494)
I don't really understand what you mean about population size. If the need for a job scales at O(P) and you have O(P) workers, population cancels out. Not many jobs grow per-capita when population rises.
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Re:It's the 21st century – why are we working so much? by simonbarker87 on Sunday August 04, 2013 @07:29PM (#6157533)
No, but large, divers populations give opportunities for work that didn't previously exist and create an extra overhead in many sectors that requires more staff (not 1 for 1 relationship but it will impact)
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