Many teens chase the same cafe jobs. What happens to cafe pay?

• It climbs without limit
• It sags as supply swells
• It turns into a patent

Software booms and demand for coders shifts right. What happens to coder pay?

• It climbs, as stronger demand meets the same skill supply
• It falls to zero
• It freezes forever by law

Why do surgeons earn more than cleaners?

• Because surgery matters and cleaning does not
• Because few can do surgery while demand stays strong
• Because cleaners refuse all pay

A town has one dominant employer. What does that do to wages?

• It holds wages below the competitive level
• It doubles every wage by law
• It removes all jobs at once

A minimum wage is set above the market wage. Who gains and who risks losing?

• Everyone gains and nobody risks anything
• Kept workers gain pay while young seekers risk fewer openings
• Employers gain free labour

Nurses unionise and threaten to strike. What changes?

• Pay and conditions can rise above the lone-worker bargain
• Supply and demand stop applying
• Hospitals close in every town

Two equally skilled workers are paid differently for no fair reason. What is this?

• Derived demand
• A monopsony employer
• Discrimination twisting the pay pattern

A footballer earns more than a nurse because football matters more than nursing.