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I was talking about the general case. Hotels are useful, because the world would be worse if hotels would not exist at all. If hotels exist, somebody must clea
by jltsiren 5y ago
I was talking about the general case. Hotels are useful, because the world would be worse if hotels would not exist at all.
If hotels exist, somebody must clean them. Even if any specific individual could choose to do something else, somebody must still do the job. The problem does not go away.
The market does not always reflect societal preferences accurately. It's a well-known game theoretic idea that when people make individually rational choices, the outcome may be worse for everyone than what could be achieved with better coordination.
Tipping individual workers is irrelevant here. While it may solve the problem for some people, it does not solve it for everyone at the same time.
- foogazi 5y ago> If hotels exist, somebody must clean them. Even if any specific individual could choose to do something else, somebody must still do the job. The problem does not go away. That’s a problem for the hotel owner not society If the cost of hiring staff is too much they can do it themselves Just like you don’t hire cooks and maids for your house - depriving others of their $25 hourly wage + benefits, keeping the profits all for yourself
- jltsiren 5y agoIt's not a problem for hotel owners, because they can currently hire housekeeping staff at low wages. It could become a problem for the society, if we raise the minimum wage too high and then the market (people making individually rational choices) makes the situation worse for everyone. The real problem is that we as a society have tied a person's value as a human being to their wealth and income. We have collectively decided that if someone has no wealth and no marketable skills, they do not deserve a good life, no matter how hard they try. Many people want to change this, for everyone at the same time.