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So pro-consumer regulations = harming business = increased inequality. Got it. How anyone could argue that the benefits of the gig economy actually improves wo
by TheBeardKing 8y ago
So pro-consumer regulations = harming business = increased inequality. Got it.
How anyone could argue that the benefits of the gig economy actually improves worker lives is beyond me. I tend agree that it's better for the consumer in terms of price and service, which I guess you could say reduces inequality because more consumers can afford access that used to be cost-prohibitive. But by and large, if more and more workers don't have a steady and liveable wage, health care, and retirement benefits, this leads to drastically increased inequality.
I tend to think that pointing fingers to anywhere but the tax code and resulting social services or UBI to reduce inequality is barking up the wrong tree.
- will_brown 8y ago>How anyone could argue that the benefits of the gig economy actually improves worker lives is beyond me. Exactly, makes you wish the professor would give up his nice cushy job in the ivory tower, with no more fat salary, with no more health insurance...then take a loan from Uber to buy a car and try making a living wage.