Christopher F. Nicholson@chrisFnicholson·Oct 11, 2017Replying to @chrisFnicholson and @AustenAllredAnd employee should make as much as their equally valued coworker regardless of where they live.2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 11, 2017Replying to @chrisFnicholson and @AustenAllredIf "equally valued," it's commodity virtualizable job by def, so if Montana Mac wants as much as SF Sam, job actually goes to China Chen2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 11, 2017Replying to @vgr @chrisFnicholson and @AustenAllredBasic econ: pool of interchangeable workers loses to the lowest bidder. Unique workers command their price working from anywhere.1
Christopher F. Nicholson@chrisFnicholson·Oct 11, 2017Replying to @vgr and @AustenAllredI get economics. I also get political and social realities.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @chrisFnicholson and @AustenAllredThose realities won't save wages getting depressed if interchangeably doable from Montana.5:28 AM · Oct 11, 2017
Christopher F. Nicholson@chrisFnicholson·Oct 11, 2017Replying to @vgr and @AustenAllredWages don’t get brought down to Montana standards they get normalized to “US market” standards across the board.2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 11, 2017Replying to @chrisFnicholson and @AustenAllredYeah that's why I said depressed, not brought down to Montana. Outsourced jobs tend to raise local average.