Refer to the information provided in Figure 28.4 below to answer the question(s) that follow. Figure 28.4
-Refer to Figure 28.4. The demand for labor falls from D to D'. If firms enter into social, or implicit, contracts with workers not to cut wages, then the wage rate will remain at $10 and

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Refer to the information provided in Figure 28.4 below to answer the question(s) that follow.  Figure 28.4
-Refer to Figure 28.4. The demand for labor falls from D to D'. If firms enter into social, or implicit, contracts with workers not to cut wages, then the wage rate will remain at $10 and

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The demand for labor has fallen, which means firms are willing to hire fewer workers at the same wage rate. However, if firms have implicit contracts with workers, they cannot lower wages to adjust to the lower demand for labor. As a result, employment will fall to the quantity where the wage rate of $10 intersects with the new labor demand curve, which is 150 million workers.

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