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Re:Worker-owned businesses: 'We get paid the same regardless... by crdoconnor on Sunday March 11, 2018 @04:34PM (#16564629)
The market rewards leverage though, not skills.

They only coincide sometimes. Academia is one place in particular where the two do not go together.

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Re:Worker-owned businesses: 'We get paid the same regardless... by golergka on Sunday March 11, 2018 @04:39PM (#16564645)
Markets rewards what you can give.

You can have a lot of very hard to learn and impressive skills that have no economic sense whatsoever. Don't expect to get paid for them.

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Re:Worker-owned businesses: 'We get paid the same regardless... by crdoconnor on Sunday March 11, 2018 @04:43PM (#16564658)
No, markets reward leverage.

This can be about what you can give, it is also about what your alternatives are, what their alternatives are, what you can take away and what you can threaten.

You don't need skill or economic sense to have it.

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Re:Worker-owned businesses: 'We get paid the same regardless... by jacob019 on Sunday March 11, 2018 @04:50PM (#16564696)
and markets reward luck
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Re:Worker-owned businesses: 'We get paid the same regardless... by TheOtherHobbes on Sunday March 11, 2018 @04:53PM (#16564721)
Markets reward what you can take.

Sometimes you have to give first.

But only sometimes.

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