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by cheschire 5 days ago
Bob spends $5 on Alice’s lemonade. Alice spends $1 on lemons from Jack. $15 on wood for the stand from Jill. Jack spends $5 on pesticide from Bob. Jill leases the plot for the tree from Jack for $10. Jack spends $5 on lemonade from Alice. Jill spends $10 on lemonade from Alice. Alice spends $3 on more lemons from Jack. Jack builds a stand to sell lemons with $20 in wood from Jill. Jill leases more land from Jack.

Take the circular money and add even more spend, even less profit, and somewhere in the background is a money tree that is about to die.