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Re:Inequality, Interest Rates, Aging, and the Role of Centra... by giantg2 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:28PM (#28382893)
"Money also has diminishing marginal utility, so as you accumulate more of it, at some point it has less use."

This thread is in response to this, to point out that the use of money is not the same as the marginal utility. Its mot like having a bunch of money makes it less useful or have fewer uses.

Re:Inequality, Interest Rates, Aging, and the Role of Centra... by whimsicalism on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @01:46PM (#28383191)
> use of money is not the same as the marginal utility

Yes, but as I said above, in this case having use is defined relative to promoting your own satisfaction as a consumer.

I think you are trying to tease apart "utility" vs "use", but to have utility is the property of having use. It's a question of what the utility/use is in reference to, and for economists, that utility is in reference to preference satisfaction by the consumers.

Re:Inequality, Interest Rates, Aging, and the Role of Centra... by giantg2 on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @02:09PM (#28383543)
And even when using that definition, it doesn't mean there is less use. It will add marginal use for each addtional dollar, and increase overall use.