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> I did assume poor people avoid work out of rational utility maximization. I don't think anybody in their right mind believes seriously this to be true, nowad

• neworbit 16y ago
  Seems like there's SOME element of truth to this, if probably not as rationally analyzed as one might surmise from this comment. It tends to be more "oh why would I work harder at this dead end job, I'm gonna go home and have a drink and play World of Warcraft"
  • wazoox 16y ago
    Of course, because obviously this won't imply starving to death. So the choice is : working an incredibly shitty job for little money, or staying at home for little money, which is quite obviously the most rational choice. The fact is that despite that, a very large number of people accept the burden of terrible low wage jobs, for different and largely non economic reasons; so instead of being lazy that's the other way around, the working poor are indeed courageous.