Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 2, 2014The story of the Bottle Imp feels like it should work as an economics parable, but I can't think of an interpretation http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bottle_Imp…3
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @aj2z@aj2z no, the catch in the story is having to sell bottle at lower price or go to hell.4:53 AM · Sep 2, 2014
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 2, 2014Replying to @aj2z@aj2z I think @npojha nailed it (my RT). Parable concerns depreciating object that is cursed long term, valuable short term. Lottery is off.