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The magic of markets (and why fair pay awards aren't needed)

Analysis: Shutting bus drivers out of negotiations to fix their wages has unleashed forces in the labour market. 

Fri, 25 May 2018

Is it possible to have too both too much and too little of something at the same time? This may sound like a problem posed by quantum physics but the question arises with something much more prosaic: bus drivers.

Driver shortages have been a trending topic in the national media in recent weeks.

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