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Our stuff isn't worth endangering their lives, but in many people's calculus, a paycheck is. That's one reason we have workplace safety laws, because a pure mar
by justtologin 5y ago
Our stuff isn't worth endangering their lives, but in many people's calculus, a paycheck is. That's one reason we have workplace safety laws, because a pure market solution would lead to people doing unsafe things.
- nickff 5y ago>"a pure market solution would lead to people doing unsafe things" This depends on what you mean by "a pure market solution", as most workplace safety laws were put in place to make things more predictable for employers, rather than helping employees. The 'old system' in most places involved one-off lawsuits with somewhat unpredictable outcomes.