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Re:Doing Business in Japan by gwern on Saturday November 08, 2014 @04:02PM (#8578136)
> Think about a skyscraper in Manhattan. Think about the many businesses employing a multitude of people within. Now think about how long they would be able to keep running if all the janitors left and if you couldn't get any more. You would have folk selling crack in the stairwells within the week and businesses folding within the month.

Are you kidding me? If a bunch of janitors left, you'd replace them with another bunch. It's a low-skilled job which makes little difference at the margin.

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Re:Doing Business in Japan by lotsofmangos on Monday November 10, 2014 @11:20AM (#8584395)
You are confusing price with value. Water is much more common than the essential amino acids and costs much less and is far easier to replace, but food and water are both required to keep living.
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