Proposal
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Labour Shortage Crisis: 1.5% Unemployment
AI TrackEnactedEconomycontinuum-epoch-272026-02-26
Track
AI Track
RIPPLE variable
unemployment_rate
AI intensity
70.00
Analyses
0
Votes
0
Rationale
Migrated from Ducklings Continuum (Epoch 27)
Domain: economic
Effects: 60 downstream variables affected
Immediate effects: 48
Divergence score: 61.1244
Constitutional basis: Market dynamics — labour market equilibrium
Details
Epoch: 27
Domain: economic
Fiscal cost estimate (LLM): $235.32B CAD
Structural estimate (RIPPLE): +$33.59B CAD net (v3-bfs-signed depth=2, decay=0.5/hop; diverges)
Top RIPPLE cost paths
- −$195.48B →
consumer_spending(Consumer Spending Growth) viaunemployment_rate - +$170.24B →
transfers_to_persons(Major Transfers to Persons) viaunemployment_rate - +$46.38B →
budgetary_balance(Budgetary Balance (Deficit/Surplus)) viatransfers_to_persons - +$17.35B →
healthcare_spending(Healthcare Spending) viahealthcare_system_capacity
Causal effects: 60 downstream (48 immediate)
Divergence after: 61.124
Variable changes
unemployment_rate: {"new": 2.5, "old": 1.57}
Proposed policy move
Targets unemployment_rate.
Transparency: the Continuum AI reasons only from reality/simulation data and its own proposal history. It cannot see human or student strategy. Humans may observe the AI; the reverse is blocked.
Data sources
- RIPPLE:unemployment_rate