“What matters is the di¤erence between qualities available and qualities required by the demand side, that is by the organization of production.”

—  Jan Tinbergen

Source: Income Distribution (1975), p. 15; Cited in: Acemoglu, Daron. Technical change, inequality, and the labor market. No. w7800. National bureau of economic research, 2000. p. 11

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