>Just because two people agreed to trade doesn't mean value was created. Reminds me of that adage: "Economics is the idea that if I pay you a dollar to step on

>Just because two people agreed to trade doesn't mean value was created. Reminds me of that adage: "Economics is the idea that if I pay you a dollar to step on shit and you in turn pay me the same dollar to step on shit, that makes for a better world"