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Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by breerly on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @10:27AM (#20928565)
Yes and no.

This will force companies to hire more employees, true, but at the cost of a much smaller overall workforce. Remember that cost is a constraint for businesses.

Depends what is more valuable from a human + capitalism perspective, fewer work opportunities that pay better or more competition and “starter/flexible” work overall.

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Re:California Labor Bill, Near Passage, Is Blow to Uber and ... by bryanlarsen on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @11:18AM (#20929161)
> but at the cost of a much smaller overall workforce.

That's what people predict about minimum wage increases too. Yet the effect has always been smaller than predicted, sometimes even non-existent.

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