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Equal pay for equal work makes a good bumper sticker, but not a very good law. As the last of the boomers soon leave the workforce by the millions these statistics will shift dramatically. Perhaps a law prohibiting envy?

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It is really hard to quantify equal work. The uber study is a really good example as I mentioned here https://briefedbydata.substack.com/p/why-are-women-overrepresented-in Discrimination should obviously be illegal, but people should also be paid more if the do more or add more value to an organization.

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