So

So this is going to be long and windy, I keep running through a thought experiment in my head and I would like to see the data either way. If say wages rose by 30% by say union bargaining or the benevolent billionaires regardless of why those gains would be pointless because now the prices people can pay are higher and the labor costs more so no matter what happens the free market determines that only individuals can succeed and people as a group must live in poverty.