> Nonetheless, it gets incredibly close. I wonder if there might be a cost > involved with acquiring anything -- at the very least, you have to make the > decision to acquire it.
Necessarily there must be. Free trade depends on value differentials, after all. If I have a candy bar that I think is worth $1, and you have $1 that you think is worth a candy bar, I keep my candy bar and you keep your money. Neither of us has any incentive to make a trade: stasis results. If I think the candy bar is worth $0.99, and you have $1 that you think is worth a candy bar, we're going to make the trade because it's in both of our interests to do so. If both parties agree on the true value of something -- no matter what that value is -- trade doesn't happen. For you to buy my cubic meter of space somewhere near Betelgeuse, even if I value it at nothing, you must value it at something. And, as you've said, the prestige of owning a cubic meter of space near Betelgeuse might be worth an awful lot. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
