What Should We Call Silicon Valley's Unique Politics?

The "do not regulate" category was formed from responses to questions about regulating Uber, how the gig economy should be structured, whether it is too hard to fire workers, and the general proposition of whether "government regulation of business does more harm than good," as well as specific questions about regulating drones, self-driving cars, and internet companies. For example, 80 percent of tech founders think economic inequality is fine if it means the economy grows faster and 75 percent of tech founders think labor unions should lose influence. "They look like Republican donors when we ask them these questions," said David Broockman, a Stanford Graduate School of Business professor who coauthored the study with fellow academic Neil Malhotra and journalist Greg Ferenstein. And yet, when the researchers asked the tech founders about taxation and redistribution policies, they expressed major support for things like "universal healthcare, even if it means raising taxes," increases in spending on the poor, and taxes on high-income individuals. If tech founders had their way, government regulation might not stop you from financially falling through market action, but it'd bounce you back up.