Stuart_Armstrong comments on Unemployment explanations - LessWrong

28 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 07 November 2014 05:12PM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 09 November 2014 02:34:18PM 0 points [-]

Your phone example seems analogous to "frictional" unemployment, which will resolve itself, given time.

As for why the job market is special: most (western) people derive the majority of their income from a salary. If many people were professional used phone sellers, the analogy would work.

Comment author: V_V 10 November 2014 01:10:56PM 0 points [-]

But even professional manufactures often fail to sell some of their stuff.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 09 November 2014 03:01:18PM 0 points [-]

frictional" unemployment, which will resolve itself, given time.

Assuming, unrealistically , that everything stays constant.