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lb:basic.economics [2025-11-01 12:52:40] – created ninjasrlb:basic.economics [2025-11-02 11:00:38] (current) – [Value] ninjasr
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 The reason some guy paid $1.50 while you paid $2.00 is because those are the prices that we had agreed upon. He was willing to pay $1.50 for the hotdog and I agreed to sell it to him for that amount. Meanwhile you were willing to pay $2.00 for it, so I agreed to that too. If you had known the other guy had paid less, you'd probably want to pay that much too.\\ The reason some guy paid $1.50 while you paid $2.00 is because those are the prices that we had agreed upon. He was willing to pay $1.50 for the hotdog and I agreed to sell it to him for that amount. Meanwhile you were willing to pay $2.00 for it, so I agreed to that too. If you had known the other guy had paid less, you'd probably want to pay that much too.\\
 Basically every price of any good or service is individually negotiable like this. There //are// parts of this ‘equation’ that are //kinda, sorta, not really// set in stone – like me spending $0.50 to make each hotdog – but generally this applies.\\ Basically every price of any good or service is individually negotiable like this. There //are// parts of this ‘equation’ that are //kinda, sorta, not really// set in stone – like me spending $0.50 to make each hotdog – but generally this applies.\\
-Does this mean that all prices are nonsense and, in fact, nothing is worth anything? No, that doesn'mean it. Prices may be //individually negotiable//, but if we factor in //everything else// the situation changes rapidly.\\+Does this mean that all prices are nonsense and, in fact, nothing is worth anything? No, it doesn't. Prices may be //individually negotiable//, but if we factor in //everything else// the situation changes rapidly.\\
 So you aren't paying $2.00 because //every hotdog in existence is worth exactly $2.00// but because within your given context, that's how much the hotdog was worth //to you//. So you aren't paying $2.00 because //every hotdog in existence is worth exactly $2.00// but because within your given context, that's how much the hotdog was worth //to you//.
  
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