If you want to find oil, look in an oil field. If you want to find workers, look for people who need jobs. Any Economics 101 class will instruct students about supply and demand. When one or the other yets out of balance, bad things can happen. For instance, fuel prices are high right now because supplies are low. This is good for the oil industry: not so good for the overall economy. On the other hand, there aren't enough skilled workers to fill the shoes of the vast number of baby boomers expected to retire in the next few years. This is bad for the oil industry.
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