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Re:DigitalOcean Is Doing Layoffs Right Now by twoodfin on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:02AM (#34805642)
Just imagine an absurdly overheated economy where a few million workers are doing something of really marginal or negative value, like cold calling seniors to sell them dogecoin. That’s not our economy today, but that’s ultimately what the Fed is looking out for, and it’s what you’d get if you have too loose money for too long.
Re:DigitalOcean Is Doing Layoffs Right Now by marcosdumay on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @11:51AM (#34806672)
If negative social value work is lucrative, people will do it. If it's not lucrative, people won't do it.

This has no relation at all with the employment rate.

Re:DigitalOcean Is Doing Layoffs Right Now by twoodfin on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @03:41PM (#34810270)
It’s not the social value it’s the economic value, and as interest rates rise less productive use of capital becomes less attractive.