I'm curious what this guy's view of free markets is (for/against). A competitive global market should end up with the situation he complains about (developers

I'm curious what this guy's view of free markets is (for/against). A competitive global market should end up with the situation he complains about (developers in low-income countries being paid less). Buyers (companies) will try to buy as cheaply as they can, and sellers (employees) as expensive as they can. Developers in "Buenos Tiempos" can't charge SF prices, because all the other developers would be happy to work for 10% less than SF prices, resulting in a downward spiral. In a non-free market, such as a command economy, prices could be set by someone(s). But he doesn't like the idea of an arbitrary entity (the company, in his case) setting the number of "goats" (living standard) you get paid. He wants developers to get to negotiate that. But they already are, and globally developers and companies have settled on the prices we have. I suspect that some analysis would show that developers want a certain standard of living globally, and beyond that, they are pretty happy. I'd love to be paid the living standard of a millionaire, but I'm also okay to be paid what other developers are getting paid. Until all of us decide refuse anything less than living like millionaires, we'll get paid a middle class salary.