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Re:Elite do-gooders 'fixing' the world are part of the probl... by missedthecue on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @05:10PM (#24126025)
Popular myth. Ford paid his workers that amount to outcompete competitors, not because he was in the game of charity. It's the same with Bezos, hence why Amazon lobbies for a federal $15 minimum. Many businesses will be outcompeted by Amazon with a law like that.

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/business/the-economics-of...

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Re:Elite do-gooders 'fixing' the world are part of the probl... by Ma8ee on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @06:10PM (#24126618)
I had a feeling that it was apocryphal. That is why I wrote “according to the myth”.
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