I think that "rising tide" usually refers to everyone getting more food and bigger televisions, and it even being good for farmers and factory workers. In this

I think that "rising tide" usually refers to everyone getting more food and bigger televisions, and it even being good for farmers and factory workers. In this case, though, haircuts get comparatively more expensive. Good for the hairdresser, and fine if your wages go up to match. Characterising it as a "rising tide" might be fair (both in terms of cost and in terms of standard of living), but it's not the "usual" tide of pro-market rhetoric.