Anime is booming, so why are animators living in poverty?
Cleanliness is booming too, but cleaning persons also live in poverty.<p>It&#x27;s because:<p>(a) we don&#x27;t compensate jobs based on their difficulty or the financial success of the product, but on how hard it is to find people to do them when we need them.<p>If there were 100 qualified surgeons for every patient needing an operation, and would stampede each other for a chance to work and get paid, we&#x27;d pay them $25&#x2F;hour too.<p>(b) we allow businesses to profit wildly while not paying enough (by exploiting (a)), because we have the taboo that not meddling with the market is the best course of action. A more englightened society that didn&#x27;t pay too much attention to economy pundits working for rich people, might find a way for better revenue sharing with employees...