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Why Profits are Not Exploitative

Part 1 in a series on Profits and PricingWe have all seen the various stereotypes of the Wall Street tycoon grinding the little guy under his thousand-dollar dress shoes on his way to the top. In the...

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Prices Keep Profits Fair

Part 2 in a series on Profits and Pricing If I make a profit off something I sold, how is it that the person I sold the item to is also better off? Shouldn’t one of us be worse off from the exchange so...

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Why Creating Wealth Is Not Exploitative

We have all seen the various stereotypes of the Wall Street tycoon grinding the little guy under his thousand-dollar dress shoes on his way to the top. In the popular imagination, it is almost...

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How Prices Work to Keep Profits Fair

If I make a profit off something I sell, how is it that the person I sell the item to is also better off? Shouldn’t one of us be worse off from the exchange so that one of us can benefit? It turns out...

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Work Expresses Who We Are, What We Are, What We Believe

A popular bumper sticker in my current home state of Michigan reads something like this: “A bad day of fishing beats a good day at work,” which prompts (for me at least) the question: “What if fishing...

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Encouraging Human Dignity, Creativity & Flourishing

Why not socialism? A right use of freedom has tended to encourage human dignity, creativity and flourishing. But why should we care about those things? Why value human creativity? Why even believe that...

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