To paraphrase John Stuart Mill, we trade products for products, the surplus of our labor for the surplus of others.

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As factories relocate to other countries, local wages will rise faster than they did in China because the potential pools of surplus labor are smaller.

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The answer is nowhere because our labor surplus caps employment costs for major corporations.

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In the past we have argued that colleges have produced a surplus of college graduates (at least in terms of the labor market demand for workers with a college education).

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The labor unrest had left many analysts forecasting a smaller-than-expected market surplus for platinum this year, with some saying the market could even become balanced if the labor disruptions lasted for long enough.

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With the negligible surplus, Mr Costello has left the Labor leader, Kim Beazley, little room to offer big promises in the election.

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