[evanpw]

If a company and its potential customers are prevented from making a mutually beneficial exchange because of some rule, that's a cost. You can argue that the cost is outweighed by the benefits of the rule, but you can't just claim that the cost doesn't exist.

[toomuchtodo]

Yes, labor regulations are a cost. Yes, that's because we're civilized people.

If you want a libertarian paradise where government doesn't interfere, move to Somalia.