ThisSpaceAvailable comments on How much was creating Google worth? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 04 June 2013 09:47:38PM 2 points [-]

Sometimes, that "fraction" is greater than 1 (not that I'm saying that it is in the case of Google). Rent seeking, regulatory capture, arbitrage, and tournament theory are all cases where people make more money than their contribution to the economy.