She just said this in her speech in Columbus Ohio. Stating that she, as President, will create more jobs. It's simple really. She will raise wages (not just the minimum wage...how will she do that?). She said: "Higher wages will lead to increased demand will lead to more jobs at those higher wages." WTF? So I broke out my handy-dandy supply and demand graph to test what she just said.
Answer: there is a huge shortfall between the number of people who want those higher paying jobs but the actual quantity of jobs DECREASES (from Q1 to Q2).
- Where the price of wages is on the vertical axis
- and the quantity of jobs is on the horizontal axis
- S = the supply of labor = people who want jobs at any given wage price
- D = the demand for labor = jobs available at any given wage price
- what happens to the quantity of jobs if you increase the wage price?
Answer: there is a huge shortfall between the number of people who want those higher paying jobs but the actual quantity of jobs DECREASES (from Q1 to Q2).

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