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inigyoulast Monday at 11:12 AM1 replyview on HN

Look up "race to the bottom", a term that describes lose-lose situations resulting from rational market dynamics.


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wizzwizz4last Monday at 12:34 PM

But, of course, there's no law of nature saying that we have to organise our society according to "rational" market dynamics. Many writers (famously Adam Smith) have opined on the subject.