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>So Bezos is doing the correct thing by being anti union. Unionization is messing with the free market, which never leads to good outcomes historically. Tell t

>So Bezos is doing the correct thing by being anti union. Unionization is messing with the free market, which never leads to good outcomes historically. Tell that to Sweden, with its 80% unionization rate and productivity (GDP per hour worked) at 97% of that of the United States. And since you said "historically" - it's not a recent change of affairs. In the 1970s Sweden's productivity (GDP per hour) was 90% of that of the United States. Feel free to compare other European nations: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Labor/Trade-union-membership https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Labor/Trade-... https://data.oecd.org/lprdty/gdp-per-hour-worked.htm https://data.oecd.org/lprdty/gdp-per-hour-worked.htm

barrenko 6y ago
Things work differently at different scales.
- ClumsyPilot 6y ago
  yes, they might work even better atthe scale of US
ActorNightly 6y ago
Looking at a narrow metric like GPD/hour as support of unionzation is very selective. Sweeden also has more homeless people per capita than US, and higher unemployment, and lower GDP/capita, and different labor laws. Its also not really a good excersize to compare against other countries. With full analysis, you quickly get into weeds of things like cultural values, homogeneity, hysteresis in policy, all of which affect the economy. Saying that an economic policy works in one country has no relation to whether it works in another. For example (albeit a dumb one, but it illustrates the point) - in most of EU, there aren't really 24 hour grocery stores or food places, unlike in US. Is it better to enact a policy stop economic trade in late hours, with the assumption that people are more productive if they have time with their families, or would you rather have a free market that allows the night owls to make money if they want to? The answer is that it solely depends on the population. General labor class with more traditional values would probably prefer the former. Younger techies that aren't concerned with families and love what they do and willingly work into later hours would prefer the latter. E.t.c and so on.

barrenko 6y ago

Things work differently at different scales.

ClumsyPilot 6y ago
yes, they might work even better atthe scale of US

ActorNightly 6y ago

Looking at a narrow metric like GPD/hour as support of unionzation is very selective. Sweeden also has more homeless people per capita than US, and higher unemployment, and lower GDP/capita, and different labor laws. Its also not really a good excersize to compare against other countries. With full analysis, you quickly get into weeds of things like cultural values, homogeneity, hysteresis in policy, all of which affect the economy. Saying that an economic policy works in one country has no relation to whether it works in another. For example (albeit a dumb one, but it illustrates the point) - in most of EU, there aren't really 24 hour grocery stores or food places, unlike in US. Is it better to enact a policy stop economic trade in late hours, with the assumption that people are more productive if they have time with their families, or would you rather have a free market that allows the night owls to make money if they want to? The answer is that it solely depends on the population. General labor class with more traditional values would probably prefer the former. Younger techies that aren't concerned with families and love what they do and willingly work into later hours would prefer the latter. E.t.c and so on.