Stuart_Armstrong comments on Unemployment explanations - LessWrong
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Your phone example seems analogous to "frictional" unemployment, which will resolve itself, given time.
As for why the job market is special: most (western) people derive the majority of their income from a salary. If many people were professional used phone sellers, the analogy would work.
But even professional manufactures often fail to sell some of their stuff.
Assuming, unrealistically , that everything stays constant.