All progress in tools increases economic inequality. Tools multiply output, and the bottom end of the range is always zero.
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@paulg Tools shouldn't decrease the wealth of the people using them. That's an economic system artifact.
@jstogdill My point is that tools increase their wealth, but by varying amounts, yielding increased inequality.
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@paulg I understand you're point, I just think it's misapplied. As farm implements improved, all farmers bought them. No one stayed at zero. -
@jstogdill@paulg Not necessarily true. There had to have been farmers who couldn't afford the new tools, and so fell behind. - Show replies
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