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Love & Marriage

The Genius of Thomas Sowell

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The Options of a Lone Farmer

A lone man farming a vast expanse of land has a limited number of options as to how he will work this land. He may spread his labor thinly all over the whole land area, spending a substantial part of his workday walking over this area instead of actually tilling the soil. Or he may decide that he will get more total output by cultivating only half of the land and putting more intensive labor there. Which of the two approaches he will use will depend on how the various considerations balance out in the individual case.

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