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Scott Reaves of Forbes:

Beauty and the Beast is the fable of a young woman who frees her prince from the body of a beast with love.

But a similar tale—call it Beauty and the Labor Market—finds pay differentials based on looks and doesn’t have a happy ending for just plain folks.

How similar those tales are. Reminds me of beloved knockoffs like Jack and the Farm Subsidy and The Prince and the Estate Tax. Nice introduction, Scott.