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Re:How Much Are People Making from the Sharing Economy? by WheelsAtLarge on Monday July 24, 2017 @03:43AM (#14836560)
But should that continue to be the case? Poverty is not a plus in any society. We all know the problems poverty brings with it. The new economy should not add to the problem. It should help solve it. We'll never get past the multi-level economy. There will always be the people at the top and the people at the bottom. We mostly feel that those that work hard to get ahead should not be treated at the level as someone that has not. We project laziness on the poor but that's not necessarily the case. So, if you have the motivation to work should poverty be your reward? I say no.
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Re:How Much Are People Making from the Sharing Economy? by rtx on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:57AM (#14836866)
Making things cheaper is another way of solving it.
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Re:How Much Are People Making from the Sharing Economy? by jahaja on Monday July 24, 2017 @05:10AM (#14836913)
So the idea is to make things cheaper for the poor by lowering their wages?
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Re:How Much Are People Making from the Sharing Economy? by rtx on Monday July 24, 2017 @05:20AM (#14836970)
Yes, that reduces the cost of production. Everyone can be paid a high salary and produce expensive stuff. Or low salary and cheap stuff. Both of them are valid solutions.

But due to the current concentration of wealth in rich countries we are seeing preference for one of them.

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Re:How Much Are People Making from the Sharing Economy? by jahaja on Monday July 24, 2017 @05:34AM (#14837018)
So the wages of the poor is dynamic, but the profit margins etc are static by some force of nature?
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Re:How Much Are People Making from the Sharing Economy? by rtx on Monday July 24, 2017 @05:49AM (#14837081)
Yes, because capital is more fluid.
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Re:How Much Are People Making from the Sharing Economy? by jahaja on Monday July 24, 2017 @06:34AM (#14837268)
There's clearly more instruments for affordable produce than lower wages for the poor. I'm from a Scandinavian country and we've had it pretty good compared to countries with less wages and workers rights.
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