Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but bec…

Thomas Sowell
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Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated. ✨ Thomas Sowell (1996). Knowledge And Decisions, p.80, Basic Books
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Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated. ✨ Thomas Sowell (1996). Knowledge And Decisions, p.80, Basic Books

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