   It's especially good on the subject of whether we have a
"shortage" of humans to care for other humans, pointing out that
what people really mean when they say this is that they don't
value that work highly enough to pay a sum that would attract
and sustain workers who do it.  This is an oft-overlooked point
in arguments about "skilled labor shortages." Market economics
dictates that real labor shortages are attended by rising wages
-- if workers are scarce, their value goes up -- but in skilled
industries in developed countries where there is such a
shortage, wages are stagnant. What business means by "there are
not enough workers" is "there are not enough workers at the
price we're willing to pay."  But where Tufekci's analysis falls
short is in her willingness to think outside the market box. She
implies that the solution to this all is some kind of market
reform, but doesn't suggest that, perhaps, markets can't
efficiently organize abundant things -- only scarce things. If
we persist in the view that t