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Nearly every country that has strong employment laws has higher levels of unemployment. You can argue all day about the possibilities. But empirically this is
by UK-AL 10y ago
Nearly every country that has strong employment laws has higher levels of unemployment.
You can argue all day about the possibilities.
But empirically this is nearly always the case. I'm a pragmatist so I always what go for what is proven to work.
- slgeorge 10y agoI understand your perspective, I probably even personally agree with you. But again, you're weighing the value of 'increased employment' over 'individual rights'. I currently live in France, and there are protests in the streets as many people here don't want their employment rights reduced. They value their individual rights, over the idea of there being more people employed. Consequently, it is not a universal rule that the benefit of 'increased employment' is worth the reduction in 'workers rights'. In these areas, it's often worth getting outside our own bubbles and exploring the fact that there are rational alternative approaches. Politics is messy.