6. Suppose most consumers consider wine a substitute for beer. Suppose a mold attacks California wine grapes causing about half the crop to be lost. At the same time, suppose social perceptions change such that working in a brewery becomes a less desirable job (the Laverne and Shirley effect) than before (a brewery is a beer manufacturing operation). We would expect:
  1. a decrease in the number of brewery workers and a decrease in brewery worker's wages.
  2. an increase in the number of brewery workers and an indeterminate change in worker's wages.
  3. an decrease in the number of brewery workers and an indeterminate change in worker's wages.
  4. an indeterminate change in the number of brewery workers and an increase in worker's wages.
  5. an indeterminate change in the number of brewery workers and a decrease in worker's wages.

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