On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 18:03, Stuart Jansen<sjan...@buscaluz.org> wrote: > On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 01:08 -0600, Alex Esplin wrote: >> Comparative Advantage is entirely >> dependent on gain (for both parties) from trade, and I won't trade >> unless I can gain from it. In which case, no matter which party is >> more productive, each party from their own point of view got the >> better end of the deal. > > As your honestly walking down the aisles of the grocery store, do you > really think to yourself "Gee, I'd like some strawberries. And look, > they're cheaper than the ones I bought last week! Oh, but wait... When I > talked to my friend who works for the grocer I found out they're earning > a higher markup this week so I guess I won't buy any."
That's what I'm trying (apparently not very successfully) to say. I don't care what markup they're charging, I'm happier with me having the strawberries and them having my dollars than I am the other way around. -- Alex Esplin /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
