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10. You're trying to compare two different economies

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 3, 2013, 12:39 PM

Dec 2013

And two different types of jobs.
Fast food is an entry level, unskilled job.
In a surplus labor market, there's no need to pay more to attract workers.

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