# The Fundamental Rules of Economics

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**Created:** [September 11, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fundamental-rules-of-economics/971357 "2022-09-11T01:50:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fundamental-rules-of-economics/971357/146 "2022-09-18T20:18:32Z")

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Sam, I’m sorry, I don’t think you got my point. My post regarding the CDO chart _was literally a direct lift of sections of your supply chain chart & post_, modified to fit my example. In both posts, we literally make the same argument, but yours is about food and mine is about Buffet’s ‘financial weapons of mass destruction’.

In short, Sam, the post was a **parody** meant to highlight how the same argument can lead to wildly different outcomes depending on the example being discussed.

My apologies, I perhaps should have tagged the post or something. I genuinely thought you would recognize your own words, not argue against them.

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