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by mcculley 1050 days ago
There is still a shortage now, regardless of failures to predict the future.
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The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago…

At the end of the day, industries are principally responsible for the health of their workforce overall. If there is a shortage, it is a failure of leadership.

That is why “labor shortage” is such a mealy-mouthed term. It treats labor as external to the process, something someone else is supposed to “provide”

The failures of industry and government in this case are obvious. That doesn’t change the fact that there is a shortage. I agree the shortage is due to myopia.