> If bread cost that much, we'd start eating more rice, pasta, and potatoes. We'd change our meal plan. Or people would realize the ingredients for bread cost

> If bread cost that much, we'd start eating more rice, pasta, and potatoes. We'd change our meal plan. Or people would realize the ingredients for bread cost < $1, bakeries would pop up, and the price of bread would drop back to normal. Similarly if software developers are all charging $1,000,000 / year, it gets cheaper to find smart people who aren't software developers (yes, there are plenty of smart people in other professions) and train them.