is there some kind of button I need to press somewhere so that the AI realizes "actually I should pay $0.30 more to employ people in the most profitable industry in the market"
btw that weekly balance isn't +11.2 it's +11.2k
and no I can't press the subsidize button because I still have traditionalist economics
Looks like you are at full employment and it's driving up labor costs. Time to get some cheap immigrants or go conquer some people and establish a colony :porky-happy:
I am chock full of peasants
Might be a qualifications issue since I see it's trying to pull clergymen. Maybe try the social mobility edict on the state for a few months.