[Prodigal Son]

How many hours of labor should be required of the workers that produce the shoes in order for them to be able to afford those shoes?

Good question. I would guess a few hours less than it would take a Boeing employee to afford a commercial airliner, but a few hours more than it takes the woman on the pipe cleaner assembly line to afford a fuzzy, twistable piece of wire.

[A. Pole]

I would guess a few hours less than it would take a Boeing employee to afford a commercial airliner

A commercial airliner is not a consumer item. The plane ticket is.