Having worked in both, I personally prefer "race to the top" jurisdictions to "race to the bottom" ones.<p>hog feed: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23291595" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23291595</a><p>meat packing: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23367350" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23367350</a><p>california effect (in passing): <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23829872" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23829872</a><p>(Incidentally, the germans have recently had their own meatpacking Covid problems, due to having copied the US efficient conveyer belt model while subcontracting to eastern european firms to skirt domestic labour laws. Those loopholes have reportedly been closed.)
Yeah I remember reading about this about 20 years ago. Take a look at what Germany did to water down co2 emissions rules, or the widespread environmental destruction within the EU carried out with the complicity of Brussels, then come back and continue the argument.
Hey, thanks for sharing this! I've had a number of discussions with people about this very effect but didn't realize there was a name for it, so I learned something new today – thanks!