> I don't understand you ending rhetorical question. Take a statement like "Not many people want to date Steve, so it's likely Steve will have to work harder t

> I don't understand you ending rhetorical question. Take a statement like "Not many people want to date Steve, so it's likely Steve will have to work harder to find a partner". Is that incorrect? If it isn't, how would you suggest I go about not believing it? Edit: I don't agree with your second paragraph's suggestion that relationships aren't important (relationships and jobs, or the lack of them, can both have huge impacts on people's lives), but why does that matter here? There are markets for both important things (eg. jobs) and unimportant things (eg. baseball cards). There are also markets for things that are easy to get and things that are difficult to get. Those considerations aren't what makes something a market / not a market. Sorry I re-edited the edit quite heavily after writing the first version.