If workers insist on higher cash wages to maintain their spending power, firms' costs will take an additional hit, resulting in lay-offs, higher unemployment and depressed demand.

如果工人为了维持消费能力，要求增加工资的话，公司的生产费用将进一步受到影响，这将导致解雇工人，高失业率，这会进一步减少需求。

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If you insist on your demand for a pay raise, I shall have no choice but to dismiss you.

如果您坚持要求增加工资，我就只好辞退您了。

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Most Americans say they want a cut in the rate of immigration, but current labour-market demand makes this hard to insist on.

ECONOMIST: Immigration