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You could make more money picking up change, and nobody else would profit from your labor.

• eru 18y ago
  Other people profiting is a bad thing? Actually picking up change increases inflation.
  • ojbyrne 18y ago
    Probably not these days, since the cost of some coins are higher than their face value. By picking up and using change you'd be saving the government the cost of replacing it.
    • eru 18y ago
      Perhaps. I was using the first order assumption that the governmental money supply was independent of picking up change.
      • ojbyrne 18y ago
        And perhaps you're correct. But I wouldn't be surprised if the government spends money estimating the amount of non-picked up change.
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