Re:Why Was She So Hated?: How Marie Antoinette Tried to Save...
by vkou on Thursday October 22, 2020 @04:15AM
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Banking, media, and software extracts wealth just as efficiently from city-dwellers.
The difference is that city-dwellers are more economically productive (For various reasons, some of which are systemic), and, after paying for all those things, are left with a surplus at the end of the year.
Not to mention that the cost of supplying more mundane, necessary-for-life goods to rural areas is higher, due to
higher distances, and the inefficiencies of serving low-density markets. This is another thing that keeps rural areas poor.
The difference is that city-dwellers are more economically productive (For various reasons, some of which are systemic), and, after paying for all those things, are left with a surplus at the end of the year.
Not to mention that the cost of supplying more mundane, necessary-for-life goods to rural areas is higher, due to higher distances, and the inefficiencies of serving low-density markets. This is another thing that keeps rural areas poor.