Re:Seattle Law Mandating Higher Delivery Driver Pay Is a Dis...
by antisthenes on Sunday March 17, 2024 @12:05AM
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Neither one is the right answer.
The right answer is that there's just not enough value in these delivery jobs to ever be enough to support even a lower-middle class lifestyle.
There is a zero-sum amount of value you can extract from a marginal order, and when you exceed it, you get the effect that is described in the article - e.g. people boycotting $32 fast food meals (or whatever it was) and demand collapse.
The right answer is that there's just not enough value in these delivery jobs to ever be enough to support even a lower-middle class lifestyle.
There is a zero-sum amount of value you can extract from a marginal order, and when you exceed it, you get the effect that is described in the article - e.g. people boycotting $32 fast food meals (or whatever it was) and demand collapse.