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Lumifer comments on Open Thread June 6 - June 12, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 13 June 2016 05:08:40PM 0 points [-]

People differ massively in the value they would put on the marginal dollar

Yes, of course.

giving some "free" money to low-earners can make economic sense

When you say "make economic sense", what do you mean? If you mean that the aggregate utility of the society would increase, that's not how economics work.