Jiro comments on Stupid Questions February 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 03 February 2015 04:14:47PM 4 points [-]

It's not a gotcha. I'm not just saying "well, technically, $0 is a number, so that fits what you literally said". Limiting the price to $0 really is regulation of the price; setting the price to $0 is meant to alleviate some of the problems that could result from allowing a higher price, because it changes the incentives.

Comment author: CellBioGuy 03 February 2015 06:55:03PM *  2 points [-]

What do you think would happen if we duplicated the minimum wage structure in this arena? 'You can give away your kidney, or sell it for at least X dollars' where x is some amount deemed to reduce exploitation of the desperate? I like this idea.

Edit: saw comment below.