It&#x27;s a complicated problem though. Everyone wants to make as much as possible, but everyone also wants (economically speaking) everyone <i>else</i> to make as little as possible.<p>A union job is great for me. But it&#x27;s bad for me if my plumber has a union job because then it will cost more to fix my sink.<p>In economics (and ecology, evolution, etc.) it&#x27;s actually quite strange for something <i>not</i> to be a paradox. Straightforward linear behavior in complex living systems is weird, and if you think you have an example you&#x27;re probably missing something.