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JUXTONOMICS

Culture & economic life, from prehistory onward

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Value

Worth, desire, status, and judgments of value.

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Why is one thing cherished while another is discarded? Explore the different judgments people make about worth, usefulness, beauty, status, and necessity.

Follow the points where those judgments meet or conflict: between buyers and sellers, relatives, institutions, or generations. What happens when something important cannot easily be given a price?

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