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← Workers' opposition to a child-labour ban shows many adults are paid less than a living wage

11 connected korrents · 7 moments from 3 Mar 2025 to 14 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under capitalism capitalism Everything filed under libertarianism libertarianism Everything filed under market efficiency market efficiency Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Workers' opposition to a child-labour ban shows many adults are paid less than a living wage Workers' opposition to a child-labour banshows many adults are paid less than aliving wage JL Jack London — holds since c. 1902–1903 — tap for who they are Same subject: Enforcing non-compete agreements on low-wage jobs is anti-competitive and artificially suppresses wages. — tap to centre the map on it Enforcing non-compete agreements onlow-wage jobs is anti-competitiveand artificially suppresses wages. Last stated a month ago 24 Sept 2026 BR Barry Ritholtz — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Where workers outnumber jobs, widespread thrift among workers would only drive wages down — tap to centre the map on it Where workers outnumber jobs,widespread thrift among workerswould only drive wages down JL Jack London — holds since c. 1902–1903 — tap for who they are Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it A "good business" now means one thatcan display quarter-on-quarter stockgrowth, not one that makes goodproducts at a fair price. Last stated a year ago 21 May 2025 EZ Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it A competitive market involves nopersonal rivalry and no personalhaggling MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified throughfungibility of alternatives, notmerely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that deviates from open standards in its data exports without documenting the deviation creates an artificial vendor lock-in. — tap to centre the map on it A company that deviates from openstandards in its data exportswithout documenting the deviationcreates an artificial vendorlock-in. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Mar 2025 TS Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2025-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A dominant company's lead in market share compounds over time and becomes harder for competitors to close, especially in technology. — tap to centre the map on it A dominant company's lead in marketshare compounds over time andbecomes harder for competitors toclose, especially in technology. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 BR Barry Ritholtz — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sophisticated economy cannot be centrally planned, because planning removes the price signal that carries information about demand. — tap to centre the map on it A sophisticated economy cannot becentrally planned, because planningremoves the price signal thatcarries information about demand. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country — tap to centre the map on it A free person asks neither what thecountry can do for them nor whatthey can do for the country MF Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century — tap to centre the map on it A policy of freedom for theindividual is still the only trulyprogressive policy, as in thenineteenth century FH Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are Same subject: An alliance with abundance liberals is likely a more promising political strategy for libertarians than a revival of fusionism in the short to medium term. — tap to centre the map on it An alliance with abundance liberalsis likely a more promising politicalstrategy for libertarians than arevival of fusionism in the short tomedium term. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Oct 2026 IS Ilya Somin — holds since 2026-10-14 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Workers' opposition to a child-labour ban shows many adults are paid less than a living wage Last stated c. 1902–1903 Holds Jack London Read this korrent →