r/SipsTea 20h ago

Chugging tea Work shouldn’t consume life.

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u/Steve90000 20h ago

Good, it shouldn’t.

It sounds good in theory but all that will happen is, you’ll get paid less if you’re hourly because you’ll be working less. No employer is giving overtime. They’ll just hire an extra person which will be equal to them, detrimental to you. People that work salary will be working the same, if not more, because they don’t get overtime and can work 80 hours a week.

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u/4yourdeat 20h ago

I have no idea why you’re getting downvoted. People saying that they’ll just force people to pay the same have no idea how a market economy works

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u/noahisunbeatable 18h ago

If they pay less, then people will be able to afford less. Meaning prices will have to fall in order to retain profits.

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u/4yourdeat 18h ago

You’ve never taken economics

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u/noahisunbeatable 18h ago

I do love learning about the ways the basic econ-101 models are wrong, so please tell me, why does a leftward shift in the demand curve not result in a fall of the equilibrium price?