25 March 2004 - uneconomic life

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2004 : 25 March 2004
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Struldbrugs Aside

Life is not an economic good, because the marginal value of living longer never approaches zero. Thus the cost of living must increase to maintain equilibrium. At last, I have explained inflation!

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