When a Chicken Isn’t Just a Chicken

Tags: Prices, Subjectivism, Value and Exchange

04/27/2026 Patrick J. Lee

We are reminded time and again that prices emerge from subjective valuation, not objective criteria.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-chicken-isnt-just-chicken

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