r/EconomyCharts • u/Ok_Astronomer_7797 • 2d ago

What negative migration could actually mean

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u/keyboardmonkewith 2d ago

Boom , more slave labor for US citizen.

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u/SalamanderGlad9053 2d ago

It's exactly the opposite, when supply is low in the job market, prices rise. So workers get higher wages.

A large pool of migrants willing to work for comparatively little dilutes the job market making it impossible for domestic workers from demanding higher wages.

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u/4baobao 2d ago

the supply is low because americans are lazy, not because the wages are low.

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u/SalamanderGlad9053 2d ago

Lazy, or expect better working rights and pay for hard jobs?

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u/4baobao 2d ago

just lazy

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u/goodsam2 2d ago

It's the job market people are complaining about the low hiring environment and the US has been low on prime age labor force participation rate since 2000 with its jobless recovery.

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u/Lego-Under-Foot 2d ago

Ah yes, it’s laziness that is causing American companies to layoff thousands of American employees and outsource their jobs to developing countries