Re:Is the Sharing Economy Due for Extinction?
by evanpw on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @02:04PM
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If a company and its potential customers are prevented from making a mutually beneficial exchange because of some rule, that's a cost. You can argue that the cost is outweighed by the benefits of the rule, but you can't just claim that the cost doesn't exist.
Re:Is the Sharing Economy Due for Extinction?
by toomuchtodo on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @03:21PM
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Yes, labor regulations are a cost. Yes, that's because we're civilized people.
If you want a libertarian paradise where government doesn't interfere, move to Somalia.
I wish people would realize this is a morally neutral outcome. Like, oh no, another company down the drain. It's not like they're a limited resource. We should be willing to sacrifice a thousand companies if they can't succeed on the profit metric under the rules we've set.
"Sharing economy" type companies are a good idea. They'll succeed, or better ones will. They don't need coddling.