Talk:Just price
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It is important to note that the "just price" concept occurred in a society where market prices were largely determined by direct producers (farmers and craftspeople) without employers, and with merchant involvement confined to exotic goods or occasions of scarcity (including famine). Hence the examination of the subject from an abstract, ahistoric perspective is misleading. However, since this misconception is common, altering the entire article may violate the NPOV commandment.--Jack Upland 09:14, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] POV?
I think a lot of this article is POV, for example:
"Aquinas would therefore condemn practices such as raising the price of building supplies in the wake of a natural disaster. Increased demand caused by the destruction of existing buildings does not add to a seller's costs, so to take advantage of buyers' increased willingness to pay constituted a species of theft in Aquinas's view."
There is not one reference in this whole article, is this statement above true? Supply and demand works on the principal that if the price is higher, the people who need it can get it, and the guy who was going to buy wood for a little personal project will probably wait for the price to go back down. Therefore, it leaves valuable material behind for those who really need it.
Does anybody watch this article? Wikidan829 13:53, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
