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Comment by adamtaylor_13

8 days ago

Is spending $20 considered "super rich"?

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yard2010  8 days ago

Recall that the marginal utility of money diminishes when you have more of it - when you have a lot of money it's easier to turn it into even more money, and vice-verca. It's not linear. So 20$ difference has exponential not linear influence on "being rich".

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