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Old 03-07-2020, 11:05   #53
RichardCoulter
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Re: UK offers right to residency and path to citizenship to 3m Hong Kong citizens

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Any specific job might have already existed but in the aggregate more workers should produce more output producing more jobs. Yes, part of it is the extra demand more people makes. That's the GDP per head increased slower than GDP during the early 2000s when we had an increase in EU migration.

However you're assuming there is a static amount of work. More economic activity should generate more work. It's a pretty foundational concept to how our economic system works. There isn't a static amount of money or work to be done.
...but mass automation is just around the corner.
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