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Old 09-13-2005, 01:57 AM
SheetWise SheetWise is offline
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Default Re: A simple economics question:

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As to your previous post, the guy making tennis courts would instead be put to work producing food or some other more important good if the free market did not ineficiently direct his resources.

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Why is it ineficient? Different people have different talents. The rich may hire artists, musicians, and gardners as well as tennis court builders. Should they all be producing food or "some more important good"? The fact that they all have money to buy food will take care of that issue.
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