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Milton Friedman - I, Pencil
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Milton Friedman - I, Pencil

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    @money· How Money & Economics Work

    No single person can make an ordinary pencil because its wood, graphite, ferrule, eraser, paint and the specialized tools and processes that shape them all come from different people and places around the world, each contributing expertise and inputs.

    No single person can make an ordinary pencil because its wood, graphite, ferrule, eraser, paint and the specialized tools and processes that shape them all come from different people and places around the world, each contributing expertise and inputs.
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    @money· How Money & Economics Work

    Free markets promote productive efficiency and reduce friction between different peoples because impersonal price incentives align self-interest across linguistic, cultural, and religious divides, making cooperation for trade more beneficial than conflict.

    Free markets promote productive efficiency and reduce friction between different peoples because impersonal price incentives align self-interest across linguistic, cultural, and religious divides, making cooperation for trade more beneficial than conflict.
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    @money· How Money & Economics Work

    When you buy a simple commodity you trade a small amount of your time or money for the pooled, specialized labor of many people because markets aggregate divided tasks into one affordable product.

    When you buy a simple commodity you trade a small amount of your time or money for the pooled, specialized labor of many people because markets aggregate divided tasks into one affordable product.
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    @money· How Money & Economics Work

    The price system coordinates thousands of producers because prices signal scarcity and demand and change incentives, which draws suppliers and specialists into voluntary exchanges without a central planner issuing orders.

    The price system coordinates thousands of producers because prices signal scarcity and demand and change incentives, which draws suppliers and specialists into voluntary exchanges without a central planner issuing orders.

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