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Comment author: [deleted] 12 April 2015 06:25:07AM 0 points [-]

You are working from an assumption of equal income / wealth. May I ask, are you a libertarian economist? :-) This is what I find almost baffling about that - the idea that price offered for a product reflects merely how much people like it. And not how much they actually afford...

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 12 April 2015 08:06:01AM 1 point [-]

You are working from an assumption of equal income / wealth.

Good point, but they are neighbours, so that's most likely at least in the ballpark of being correct.

May I ask, are you a libertarian economist?

No, I was just assuming that Bob was one. :-)