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If any given thing is "too expensive", then an important fact is being conveyed: that thing takes too many resources to produce, relative to the value it is providing.

Trying to hide or subsidize the price only prevents people from acting on that fact. (and thereby acquiring that value in a more efficient manner, etc.)



Well, I mean... you just described Economics 101 basically.


Yes, I did restate a particular subset of Economics 101 which your comment seemed to have left out-of-sight and out-of-mind.




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