Time to establish anti-dumping policies

Florencio Alonso wrote:

I feel your pain, but trying to impose minimum rates in an open, unregulated market is pointless. The law of supply and demand is simple and non-compromising: it's the market that defines your work's worth, not our own sense of justice or local cost of living.

I agree with everyone who's said that you're only option is to carve out your own niche market.

DJHartmann wrote:

....not in the sense of basement bottom prices, but in terms of reducing your cost of living. It's the only way to earn more while doing less, and is the only way they can afford such low prices (moving to a cheaper location is a good way to start). Once you're established as a reliable go-to for a few good clients, such poor-quality high-turnover jobs, as you mentioned, are just trivial.