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Uber claims reform would raise prices, refuses to consider lower corporate profit (www.theguardian.com)

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“If platform companies are making a profit that relies on paying workers less, then arguably the difference could come out of the companies’ pockets, not the consumer’s.” "66% of full-time gig economy workers are earning below the minimum wage."

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure where or how you can learn this. I know it from being alive and paying attention to the world around me. I also have been self employed most of my life and am just as much of a business geek as I am a tech geek.

As for the abandonment of vulture capitalism. Of course it's not going to happen, post Reagan this is the world we live in.