Eugene raises an interesting point in his post below, but I confess that my instinct is different: It seems to me that when considering a claim about attitudes toward a market good or service, the price of that good or service is an essential part of the claim. For example, imagine someone says, “The new Oldsmobile sedan is really ugly; I’ll bet no one will buy one.” I think it’s implicit in the claim that the sedan is being offered at a market price comparable to other cars. Surely there is some price point at which people would start buying the cars, but normally this need not be made explicit. Similarly, I think it’s implicit in the phrase “no one else will do that job” that the no one else will do the job for roughly the currently offered wage. That’s my sense, at least.