Ok I’m going to re-read this article again. I thought I saw a similarity in there. But I tend to agree with Alicorn below me. If both parties agree to a free trade, can it really be characterized as “unfair” just because the normal market values don’t seem to line up?
It’s all about personal expected utility after all, not what the market thinks.
I really don’t know what I should say that hasn’t been said. My point isn’t that Kyle MacDonald hoodwinked any of the people whom he traded with—my point is that he wasn’t using money pumps. The story has negligible relevance to Stuart Armstrong’s post.
Ok I’m going to re-read this article again. I thought I saw a similarity in there. But I tend to agree with Alicorn below me. If both parties agree to a free trade, can it really be characterized as “unfair” just because the normal market values don’t seem to line up?
It’s all about personal expected utility after all, not what the market thinks.
I really don’t know what I should say that hasn’t been said. My point isn’t that Kyle MacDonald hoodwinked any of the people whom he traded with—my point is that he wasn’t using money pumps. The story has negligible relevance to Stuart Armstrong’s post.
fair enough, I was getting off track.