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This is an often repeated mantra: “sure you'll lose some rights, but it will be way easier to find higher paying jobs in a more dynamic market”. I've lived in
by tambourine_man 3y ago
This is an often repeated mantra: “sure you'll lose some rights, but it will be way easier to find higher paying jobs in a more dynamic market”.
I've lived in two countries that went through this transition in labor laws to follow the neoliberal playbook. Guess what happened.
See also “less regulation will mean more agile and competitive market which will auto regulate itself”, etc.
- Firaxus 3y agoCan you elaborate further on the points of what happened, the countries themselves, and the final quote?
- tambourine_man 3y agoRetirement age increase, easier/cheaper to fire employees, relaxed definitions of extra-time, the usual. We ended up with a recession and less rights. Don’t want to reveal the countries, but it’s a common tale.
- _zoltan_ 3y agoWhy don't you want to name two countries on earth? Either people can fact check you or you're just full of it. Also don't think you are special to live in two countries. This will not dox you.
- FredPret 3y agoDepends on which regulations you remove. It's against the law to steal money. That's a regulation we need to keep. It's also against the law to build a house if the existing homeowners vote that you can't. That's a regulation that makes the market less efficient, though I can see the reasoning behind it.
- halostatue 3y agoDid you know that the most common sort of theft in the US and Canada is wage theft? It doesn’t happen nearly as often in countries with stronger labour laws. It doesn’t get prosecuted nearly as much as other types of theft. https://www.epi.org/publication/wage-theft-bigger-problem-forms-theft-workers/ https://www.epi.org/publication/wage-theft-bigger-problem-fo...