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wasoxygen  ·  3666 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Once each year, Amazon offers employees up to $5k to quit.

    It's too cheap...

You openly disparage Amazon for not spending money to give their employees a better deal.

Yet you buy from them, instead of their many competitors, in part to save money.

PEBKAC.





b_b  ·  3666 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I know. It's fucked up, right? Serious question. Is there, in the libertarian way of thinking, a such thing as prices so low that they're harmful?

wasoxygen  ·  3666 days ago  ·  link  ·  

To my mind, a price is just a piece of information. It is an expression of willingness to trade. When voluntary trade happens, I assume it is because both parties believe they will be better off as a result of the exchange. (They are not always right; people make mistakes, but I also believe that this is part of life, and trying to prevent people from making mistakes can cause more harm than good.)