> It seems like the free market ideal would be to allow them and if people didn't like them they wouldn't sign them. This only works with a robust social safet

> It seems like the free market ideal would be to allow them and if people didn't like them they wouldn't sign them. This only works with a robust social safety net where a worker can have no job and still be ok. Otherwise you're usually going to be choosing the lesser of several evils when it comes to employment contracts.