> Perhaps you believe The Magic Market Fairy somehow assembles products without human help? The value doesn't come from the assembly; the value comes from the

> Perhaps you believe The Magic Market Fairy somehow assembles products without human help? The value doesn't come from the assembly; the value comes from the utility that someone gets. Let's say you're a chef. How much would you pay for a bunch of shovels to stock up the kitchen of your restaurant? You wouldn't buy shovels? Why not, it's raw materials plus labor, same as a knife. In fact, it's just steel and wood -- it's even the same raw materials. Clearly it has value you should pay for; the value is the same, after all... Oh, you have no USE for it. I see.