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48 Post author: MBlume 16 April 2009 09:06AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 28 April 2010 01:37:33AM 1 point [-]

I am familiar with it, actually. Never seemed to do much good, but maybe with a little meditation it might. If someone is paying me voluntarily, I must be earning my keep, in a sort of caveat emptor way...

Comment author: mattnewport 28 April 2010 02:01:20AM 4 points [-]

I think gains from trade is one of the most uplifting (true) concepts in all of the social sciences. It is a tragedy that it is not more widely appreciated. Most people see trade as zero sum.