[yunohn]

Having money should not be worth more than doing the work. Same goes for landlords.

[ThunderSizzle]

Then don't take the money. You don't need seed money to make a business. You can just spend all your time instead.

You might get to the point where you'll value that money more. Or not.

[yunohn]

Are you positing that companies should never go public?

Or even if public, that there is no physical limit we can impose on growth expectations?

[eldritch_4ier]

They are the same thing! Money is just a store of work. All money was earned via work. Investors give that stored work to companies. They’re essentially energy credits

[yunohn]

> Money is just a store of work

So, when you print more of it, whose work is being encapsulated into it?

And how do you explain profit margins? You are aware that things aren’t priced at just the cost of work, right?

[Vaslo]

Except for this whole thing called “risk” that investors and landlords undertake as part of the process.

[yunohn]

And that’s exactly the problem - risk does not confer inherent value. The employees are also taking on significant risk - clearly, if things go even slightly south for investors, they fire the employees first!