> A competitive market would enable me to sort by salary and benefits and apply for the best job. The idea that there would be a bunch of generic job listings

> A competitive market would enable me to sort by salary and benefits and apply for the best job. The idea that there would be a bunch of generic job listings with fixed salaries makes you essentially a replacable drone with no unique value, and sounds horrible to me. Also a free market doesn't need to be absolutely transparent. That's just something you would want because it sounds like it would be easier, but uncertainties about the future, unknowns, and consumer wants is what drives the whole pricing game to begin with.