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  • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    There’s no more room to cut staff without giving up significant profits.

    And what's your evidence for that claim?

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      Personal experience, anecdote, the rising price of labor, and the success of unionization efforts and other labor actions.

      • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        the rising price of labor, and the success of unionization efforts and other labor actions

        Both of these things can be explained by low unemployment as a result of low interest rates: lower unemployment increases the bargening position of workers, resulting in better pay and a higher succes-rate of collective action.

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          3 years ago

          Both of these things can be explained by low unemployment as a result of low interest rates

          We had low interests rates as far back as 2008. We're only just now seeing labor actions 14 years later.

          lower unemployment increases the bargening position of workers

          The low unemployment isn't just due to lending. There's a serious shortage of physical bodies.

          • aqwxcvbnji [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            We had low interests rates as far back as 2008.

            But the fed and the ECB have only expanded their monetary stimules since then. You can see on their balance which I linked, that they've kept on buying bonds since then, which decreases real interest rates for companies, much more than what's possible trought just lowering the federal funds rate or EONIA (which is what's usually meant when people are refering to low interest rates).