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		a3n on Nov 7, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Curse of Econ 101 Cigarettes and fuel are passive objects. People, including minimum wage earners, are economic actors that make decisions. It's complicated. EDIT: Or perhaps we've come to think of minimum wage earners as passive objects, no different from fungible cigarettes.

mooreds on Nov 7, 2017 [–]

Agreed. I don't think that cigarettes will work harder or gain more skills if they are more expensive.

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