One Can Only Imagine

Thomas Frank writes:

If surrogacy ever becomes a widely practiced market transaction, it will probably make pregnancy into just another dirty task for the working class, with wages driven down and wealthy couples hiring the work out because it's such a hassle to be pregnant.

Yes, imagine a world in which low-income people take jobs that are different from high-income people. What would that world be like? And I forget, what happens to earnings when a new labor demand curve is added to the old one?

Hat Tip: Stephenson at DOL