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tadfisheryesterday at 6:38 PM1 replyview on HN

Look up the "lump of labour fallacy". The jobs market is not a zero-sum thing.


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Avicebronyesterday at 6:51 PM

The timescale that the "lump of labour fallacy" operates on, as in the aggregate effects on employement, doesn't necessarily work for most people (individually).

Therefore it isn't really a good metric at the scale required to alleviate the problems people are facing.

"Eventually it will work out." Isn't proffering a solution.