> in a market economy > to suppress your wages Can't really tell where you're going with this. The solution to a labor shortage is higher wages. You seem to b

> in a market economy > to suppress your wages Can't really tell where you're going with this. The solution to a labor shortage is higher wages. You seem to be suggesting that it should be an increase in minimum wage. In a market economy, you absolutely wouldn't need this if you had a labor shortage...the market would resolve on its own. But we don't have that. We have an economy where millions are paid by the govt to do nothing. This then becomes what employers are competing with.