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wasoxygen  ·  4037 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Capitalism vs. Democracy

Sorry, are you responding to the first question or the second?

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If the first, why does it matter what his intentions were, or whether he hired professional labor? I would measure the increase in his wealth as the increase in the value of his home minus the total cost of the improvements. If that is a positive number then his wealth increased by that amount.

If the second, then who lost wealth?