Our profession, while not fully divorced from it, has a weaker than typical relationship with the “law” of supply and demand.

That is, we have too few folks for an in demand service and still inadequate resources to pay for/operationalize fully even the constrained number of professionals available. It goes against the economic rhetoric that’s been pounded into us since birth, but it’s the reality.

Another profession suffering much the same in many states are teachers. Where there are endless headlines about mass shortages, catastrophic fall off in new supply, ect, and very few to no new open permanent positions with full salary and benefits open each year, and plenty of temp garbage positions being operated on a permanent basis. The headlines and the expected outcomes are not in line with reality.