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simianwordsyesterday at 4:05 PM1 replyview on HN

If you can’t lay off people then the economy won’t run and it affects everyone.

Sure you can show easy empathy for the employees but this is how economy runs. A static economy where layoffs are hard or punished will lose to a more dynamic one.


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wiseowiseyesterday at 4:33 PM

> Sure you can show easy empathy for the employees but this is how economy runs. A static economy where layoffs are hard or punished will lose to a more dynamic one.

Is that why workers are generally happier in Europe even though on paper their economy loses?

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