[Mountain_Skies]

Everyone has their motivations for their career choices and for some that motivation is being rewarded with wealth. Would we end up with a surgeon shortage if they were expected to only do it out of a sense of duty to their fellow man? Unfortunately the only way to truly know is to risk a reduction in the number of surgeons by removing wealth rewards. The obvious problem is that if the result is indeed less people motivated to be surgeons, healthcare outcomes for many will suffer.

[dopamean]

My one off comment doesn't really do justice to how I actually feel about the issue. I'll explain. No one should feel obliged to work for less than what they're worth. This is something my wife and I talk about lot actually. I just have a strong distaste for the hyperbole used when someone does suggest that someone else work for less. Particularly, if the person being asked to give something up has so much to begin with.

To address your example about surgeons. Perhaps they wouldn't need to same amount of "wealth rewards" if somehow we made it cheaper for them to become surgeons in the first place? Could the cost of their training be addressed? Changes to how malpractice insurance works?

[zzzcpan]

The supply of labor is more like an infrastructural problem for capitalism, it's already a truly known and artificially influenced thing. In fact, with less concentration more people are going to be pushed to become surgeons, not less.