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Black Swan interns case: Internships should be paid. | Cullen Seltzer @ Slate Magazine

There are three actors in this drama: employers (who want low labor costs), interns (who will work for free), and workers who need money. Traditionally, employers and interns have joined forces, effectively, to the economic disadvantage of workers. Because of interns, paid entry-level work is scarcer, and some workers lose out. The ones who can’t afford to work for free lose out on the training and networking that unpaid interns enjoy. Judge Pauley said that isn’t fair and it isn’t legal.