"... One thing I will always remember from my college economics class was the professor saying, on day one, that that's how you measure what people want. ..."

"... One thing I will always remember from my college economics class was the professor saying, on day one, that that's how you measure what people want. ..." I didn't take economics at Uni, but I certainly noticed a corollary of 'desire' for object and payment as a kid. The lack of money required you work out some scheme to make money to buy or your hack your own.