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> How is that different than in the stock market? Stock holders own the underlying business and businesses do create wealth—all the inputs that are used in mak
by lottin 5y ago
> How is that different than in the stock market?
Stock holders own the underlying business and businesses do create wealth—all the inputs that are used in making a product are worth less that the product itself.
- baby 5y agoHow do businesses create wealth?
- chii 5y agoby using labour, and capital (plant and equipment usually) to generate something that didn't exist before, that other people would pay more for than the cost of inputs. That's how _all_ wealth gets created. Even under communism (where the difference is that under communism, the capital is provided, and owned by the state, rather than privately owned).
- arc-in-space 5y agoWhy is "the inputs that are used in making a product are worth less that the product itself" an unsatisfying answer?
- gjs278 5y agono they don’t lol. try and buy any percent of any company stock and tell them what to do