To frame it as companies paying people mainly as a way to impose opportunity cost on their competitors doesn't reflect the comment, normal economics, or growth. While remote work will flatten the market, it will flatten both sides of the market (employers v. staff).
When you invest in a business, you pay people to manage it and deliver a yield. If you invest in a business to prevent another business from succeeding, that doesn't make any sense unless you are a government or state captured industry.
If your skills and potential value is undifferentiated, sure, someone could undercut you, but if you have something of value to offer, price is much less of a deciding factor.
When you invest in a business, you pay people to manage it and deliver a yield. If you invest in a business to prevent another business from succeeding, that doesn't make any sense unless you are a government or state captured industry.
If your skills and potential value is undifferentiated, sure, someone could undercut you, but if you have something of value to offer, price is much less of a deciding factor.