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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1129219, member: 22143&quot;]Your example shows how &quot;expression of wealth&quot; can be shifted amongst parties but it is not an example of a creation of wealth.&nbsp; &nbsp; On your specific point of the $6 hotdog, I would contend the total cost to sell that hotdog at that place at that point in time was very high.&nbsp; After all it&#039;s being sold in a multimillion dollar facility which consumed a great deal of a society&#039;s resources in it&#039;s construction.&nbsp; it&#039;s certainly not as effective as selling a hotdog in a trailer on the side of the street.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The manufacturing of a hotdog, where the wealth is created, includes the delivery to the party that will consume it. Otherwise the hotdog has no value.&nbsp;&nbsp; From this perspective, it doesn&#039;t matter if it is sold in a $500 stand or a $500M sports facility.&nbsp; The difference is the party in the $500M facility is paying a portion of his hotdog money for the cost of the venue.&nbsp; The wealth created by the production of the hotdog, however is exactly the same.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The mistake that economists make all the time is in forgetting this distinction.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is how the USA ended up getting rid of item 3 on my list because due to the belief that wealth can be created simply by moving the expressions of wealth between parties.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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