On 5 Sep 2003 23:05:04 GMT, in a place far, far away, rk
made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

Rand Simberg wrote:

That's the title of this week's Fox News column, in which I
tackle economic illiteracy, in the space movement and
elsewhe

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,96418,00.html

As usual, an interesting piece. Just have time for one comment now.
You stated:

On the other hand, if I write a column and put it out on
the web, gratis, for people to read (which in fact I do
on an almost daily basis), and people enjoy reading it,
or become more informed (things that probably happen more
rarely), then I've created wealth in the sense that I've
improved their lives, but no jobs were created thereby.

It is possible for a free column to be worth more than that.

Of course. That was my point. I created wealth, but not jobs, per
se.

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