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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by WalterBright on Friday May 22, 2020 @02:39AM (#23269272)
> compensation for labor has an inverse relationship with actual value.

Value is what people are willing to freely pay for it. Any other definition of it is subjective and fairly useless.

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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by charlesu on Friday May 22, 2020 @09:24AM (#23271749)
You’re talking about price. Price is not value.
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Re:Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case f... by WalterBright on Friday May 22, 2020 @04:28PM (#23276565)
The value of something is price where the supply & demand curves cost.
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