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To: MortMan

Here’s the link to his text version of the speach.

http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles/fee/Jan00.pdf

And another on the value of greed.

http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles/fee/Oct00.pdf


You would argue that knowledge is an acceptable alternative to money. I argue that society does not value anything unless there is a price attached. Labor or knowledge, both are valueless unless there is money earned from it.

By arguing that we shouldn’t pay interns for their work, you are, in essence, denying them entrance into the free market. For money is the medium of exchange in it. No money = no entrance into the market.


174 posted on 04/13/2010 4:49:31 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: gogogodzilla

Sorry, but that is not correct.

Money is a standard measure of value.

It is not the ONLY measure of value.

The free market is a free-willed exchange of value.

You clearly are unwilling to answer my simple question about barter. You are being intellectually dishonest by not doing so - because barter is the very basis for unpaid internships, much as it is the basis for the exchange of standardized value tokens (money) for a specific good or service.

We’re done - I’ll not spend any more time on such a dishonest debate.


176 posted on 04/13/2010 4:56:01 PM PDT by MortMan (It's unconstitutional, it's wrong, and it's evil. But that's Obama in a nutshell.)
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