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0 pointspjc506y ago0 comments

> Or does the existence of the wheat in my barn somehow decrease the value of all other wheat in the world?

If you are so remote that the wheat is guaranteed to remain off the market forever, no matter if your starving neighbour comes and offers you a fortune for it? Perhaps. Otherwise the answer has to be yes.

It's not just me saying it, it was one of the more important cases the US Supreme Court heard in the 20th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn

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Ma8ee6y ago

> It's not just me saying it, it was one of the more important cases the US Supreme Court

They might be the authority on who can tax who, but I don't trust them to know how the economy "really" works.

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Ma8ee6y ago

> It's not just me saying it, it was one of the more important cases the US Supreme Court

They might be the authority on who can tax who, but I don't trust them to know how the economy "really" works.

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