The Gig Economy Celebrates Working To Excess

Post by dustinmr » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 1:31 PM UTC

nommm-nommm wrote: post #282

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You really have little respect for service workers, don't you? Many people in tourism actually like what they do. Others even see you as the sucker. I came her to agree with the gf comment. It may be partially geographic, as I'm in Miami and about 75% of the drivers I've spoken with are Venezuelan, arrived in the last 2 years or so, and are very happy with their life change and their job driving. And the other 25% ar…

How does saying what the parent say equate to having "little respect?" Some people enjoy their job, no matter what they do, for sure. Absolutely. Some people hate their job but pretend to love their job because part of their job (service) is to give the appearance that they are very, very happy. Pointing that out is not disrespectful.

Post by kamaal » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 1:32 PM UTC

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We can't have a debate from the position of exceptions. The point he and Mr Graham are trying to make is simple. People are not same, and by that definition are not equal. The fact is that this inequality manifests itself in far more different ways before it appears as income/wealth inequality. Far before some one is rich and poor, they are good and bad at playing the piano, writing a book, programming or anything fo…

> Far before some one is rich and poor, they are good and bad at playing the piano, writing a book, programming or anything for that matter. You attribute far too much of a person's wealth accumulation with skill. Is Bill Gates the best programmer of all time? > People are not same, and by that definition are not equal. It's hard to argue with this, but I don't see it coming up much in the gender or race discussions.…

Post by emodendroket » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 1:34 PM UTC

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>...doctors who can basically make a killing in the US but not in Europe. Arguably that's due to constrained Supply - http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2013/03/the_high_price.h...

This is related to one of the least favoured policy changes Milton Friedman wanted to make: remove medical licenses. There are plenty of tasks doctors are commanded with that do not require mastery level of expertise, and that enormously raises the cost of medicine. You dont need to study 10 years to read an EKG, someone could learn all the EKG patterns in a much shorter time. A funny story about this in argentina: a…

Post by refurb » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 1:38 PM UTC

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Or maybe they don't know any different? How many people have actually had the opportunity to live a decade or more of their adult lives in different countries? A very small minority. Canadians love their single payer healthcare. They have no problem waiting a year or more for surgery. They don't think paying a 15% VAT is a burden. They don't know any different. Americans would shit themselves if they had to deal with…

>Canadians love their single payer healthcare. Generally, yes we do. And here's a single datapoint: I paid lower taxes in Ontario than in CT, on the exact same salary.[1]

Post by aembleton » Thu, Mar 23, 2017, 1:40 PM UTC

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In Holland, everyone takes off 4 - 6 weeks in the summer to travel the world. This is so different than Americans: 1) In the U.S. you can work for years at a company before getting more than 1 or 2 weeks paid vacation. 2) Most Americans don't travel much outside their own state or region, let alone country. Most don't even own passports. 3) Even when not on the job, either at night, on the weekends, or on vacation, A…

> In Holland, everyone takes off 4 - 6 weeks in the summer to travel the world. This is so different than Americans No we don't. I have 5 weeks of holiday a year, total. I take 2 weeks around christmas. Maybe a week somewhere in Spring, that leaves 2 weeks summer holidays. Plus, you want to keep a few spare days in case you need an incidental day off for whatever reason.