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> Absent negative externalities or monopoly effects, a man receives from the free market what he gives to it, his material worth is a running tally of the net b
by jancsika 6y ago
> Absent negative externalities or monopoly effects, a man receives from the free market what he gives to it, his material worth is a running tally of the net benefit that he has provided to his fellow man.
Reminds me of a line from a movie, something like this:
"If everyone played poker the way they're supposed to, I would win 100% of the time."
- nyanpasu64 6y agoWrong article, did you mean to comment at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26986675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26986675 ?
- dxdm 6y agoThat original quote about the free market seems tautological to me: "In a perfectly fair system, the outcomes would be fair". I can see why that's an attractive ideal, but it doesn't seem very useful to me.