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Re:Custom-printed Moleskine notebooks by pastylegs on Sunday October 27, 2013 @03:04PM (#6623014)
Price isn't the only thing that dictates value
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Re:Custom-printed Moleskine notebooks by _ZeD_ on Sunday October 27, 2013 @04:19PM (#6623380)
yes it is
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Re:Custom-printed Moleskine notebooks by hangonhn on Sunday October 27, 2013 @04:30PM (#6623435)
If it is then a $500 refrigerator would have the same value to an Inuit as a $500 heater.
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Re:Custom-printed Moleskine notebooks by biot on Sunday October 27, 2013 @04:51PM (#6623518)
You get no value from the free air you breathe?
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Re:Custom-printed Moleskine notebooks by 6d0debc071 on Sunday October 27, 2013 @06:35PM (#6623939)
One of the underlying assumption of trade is that you both (tend) to gain value in transactions. One party wants the money more than they want the item, and the other party wants the item more than they want the money. If the item was worth the same to both parties, then there'd be no reason to swap.
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Re:Custom-printed Moleskine notebooks by alecdbrooks on Sunday October 27, 2013 @05:42PM (#6623714)
Market value [0] ≠ value.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_value

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