Problem:
In Minnesota, for instance, firefighters in the city of St. Paul were ranked as having the comparable worth of the city's librarians. In Denver, nurses employed by the city say they should be paid as much as city tree-trimmers.
As one recent graduate student noted: Is a fireman more valuable than a librarian? I guess it depends if your house is burning down.
What might the implications of such a concept as "comparable worth" be for business in general?