More productive farmers meant there was a surplus that could feed cities; in turn, that created a pool of labour for factories.

高产农民越多意味着有盈余可以供给城市；反过来，这为工厂创造了大量劳动力。

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Moreover, it Can save a large pool of labour-power, which will be conducive to our national construction.

这个政策又保存了大批的劳动力，利于国家的建设事业。

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These benefits include the ready availability of customers, specialised suppliers, a pool of skilled Labour, or the tricks of the trade that a firm can learn almost by osmosis from its neighbours.

这些好处包括现成的顾客、专门的供应商、大量的技工或一家公司几乎可以潜移默化地从其邻近的公司那里学到经营之道。

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Others could have done better by moving their operations abroad, where a wider pool of labour is available.

ECONOMIST: Migration

To tap such a pool of labour would require more radical tax and labour-market reforms than most governments are contemplating.

ECONOMIST: Wo ist Goldilocks?

Traditionally, productivity growth has slowed as expansions have matured, with firms obliged to draw less-skilled workers from the depleted pool of labour.

ECONOMIST: In due course it will stop. Until then, one stands in awe