Economics of outrageous Locum Tenens hourly rates

I've been lurking around the EM forum for a while and I sometimes come across threads discussing $300/hr locum tenens contracts in unpopular areas such as rural Texas and parts of the Southeast (Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.) I'm just trying to wrap my head around how such rates are possible, and whether they're at all sustainable. I'll be starting medical school this year, and while insane money isn't my main motivation into looking at EM, it is the fuel of idle daydreams ! With... Economics of outrageous Locum Tenens hourly rates
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