The demand for labor is
A) derived from the satisfaction that hiring the inputs provides the owner or manager of the firm more money.
B) derived from the demand for the final product being produced.
C) derived from a utility maximizing process similar to that used to derive the demand curve for goods and services.
D) totally unrelated to the demand curve for the final product.
Answer: B
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