There is no such thing as a free lunch, and the reward is 80 taels of gold

It is said by an economist named "Friedman", who is recognized as one of the five greatest economists of the 20th century, was a Nobel laureate in economics in 1976, and was a leading figure of the "Chigago School" who played a key role and fundamental help in the revitalization of the Chilean economy in the seventies and eighties.

He's a super-super powerful character!

A hundred years is a century, and Milton Friedman died at the age of 94, nearly a century. On Thursday, November 16, 2006, in San Francisco, USA, in his own home, because of heart failure, the great economist Milton Friedman passed away.

Friedman is recognized as one of the five greatest economists of the 20th century. He is the grandmaster of economics, the father of neoclassical economics, the vanguard of "anti-Keynesianism" who advocates economic liberalism, the leader of the "Chicago School", the founder of monetarist theory, and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976. The general public may not be familiar with Friedman, but they must be familiar with the famous quote "There is no such thing as a free lunch" by Friedman.

In fact, this sentence was not the first thing he said, he himself said: "My greatest merit is to prove the correctness of this sentence."

It's not like an old story.

From the Bible

There's a story: there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Once upon a time, there was a king who loved his people like a son, and under his wise leadership, the people lived and worked in abundance. The far-sighted king was worried about whether the people would be able to live happily ever after his death, so he recruited the best people in the country. Command them to find an eternal law that will ensure the happiness of the people's lives.

Three months later, the group of scholars presented three six-inch thick silk books to the king, saying:"Your Majesty, the knowledge of the world is gathered in these three books. As long as the people read it, they can be sure that their lives are worry-free.

The king disagreed, because he didn't think the people would spend so much time reading. So he ordered the group of scholars to continue their study, and within two months, the scholars had simplified the three books into one. The king was still not satisfied, and after another month, the scholars presented a piece of paper to the king, and the king read it with great satisfaction and said:

Very well, as long as my people truly practice this precious wisdom in the future, I believe that they will be able to live a prosperous and happy life. "After saying that, he rewarded the group of scholars heavily.

It turned out that there was only one sentence written on this piece of paper: there is no free lunch in the world.

It feels like this sentence makes a metaphysical mistake.

Today, we hear it a lot's no such thing as a free lunch. For example, the British government in Hong Kong is struggling to collect taxes and shouting that " there is no free lunch " and all public service fees will have to be paid by the users themselves . After all, where did this miraculous slogan come about?

In the 19th century, some bars in the United States served customers with "free lunches", which were nothing more than shortbreads for beer; and the so-called free fee , of course it is not really that if you don't buy alcohol and drink , you won't have bread to eat . so , some people said at that time :

there's no such thing as a free lunch。In the seventies of this century, the economist Milton Friedman used this idiom as the title of a book ; He also quoted this idiom many times in other books and speeches . so , this idiom became popular again .

Sometimes, we don't believe that we will get some benefits, and we can use this "Friedman quote" for example: i don't believe he's giving us the money without any ulterior motive. there's no such thing as a free lunch.

i don't believe that he didn't have any ulterior motives in sending us money . There is no such thing as a free lunch.

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lunchThis is the original text, and I can't help it if there is no world in it.

Let's see what others have to say.

First of all, you can be sure that you are bored, bored, you ask a boring question, boring question, I am bored to answer, I am bored. So I want to prove that everyone is boring.

It's very simple, if you say that there is a free lunch, these people who answer here come to your house every day to eat. Do your parents agree? Furthermore, if this has to be investigated whether it is breakfast or dinner, then the idiom, nonsense, why not nine nonsense, or seven?

It's a mess, why isn't it a mess?

You know you're bored, right?

Asking this is more boring than asking whether there is a chicken or an egg first.

What you gain has to lose.

Even if it is not lost for the time being.

It will also happen in the near future.

The free lunch is so sought-after that everyone else eats it.

This society will not necessarily get a return if you pay, not to mention that if you don't pay, where will you get it back... Even if there is a free lunch, I'm afraid it's just a trap!!

Why? People can't let you eat .. for nothingIn this way, you will be fine, and people will not live?..

What you haven't worked hard to get, do you think you can feel solid after you get it?

It can be looked at from two perspectives:

First, there is no return without paying. From the recipient's point of view, the "fee" here should be understood as giving; From the perspective of the giver, the "fee" here should be understood as utility.

Maybe you; You can get a lunch for free, but you will have to pay other costs, such as social discrimination. Although the other party paid for a lunch, it also got other benefits, such as people's admiration and praise. So, from the perspective of economic principles, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

To give a realistic example, many enterprises are now keen to engage in charity, in order to improve the corporate image, for commercial purposes, some rich people engage in charity, because they feel that they have money and should let others look high, there are many superstitious people engaged in charity, is to be able to accumulate virtue in the next life.

Second, the most basic assumption of economic principles is that people are rational individuals, and the specific explanation is to pursue the maximization of interests, at least not to lose money, if it is a loss, it is better not to do it.

Making lunches requires depreciation of equipment, material costs, and other costs, as well as labor. So lunch is at least all the cost plus the processing fee.

If it's free, no one will do it, and if you don't do it, of course, you won't have lunch.

Therefore, there is no such thing as a free lunch.

Think about it in terms of opportunity cost.

For example, even if it's a free lunch, because you're going to enjoy it, you have to give up the benefits of other activities that you can do during that period of time because you eat lunch. This is the opportunity cost.

You also know that there is no such thing as a free lunch.

Then you should write your own essay. It doesn't hurt you.

Comes with English: There is no such thing as a free lunch

Yes Lunch, dinner, breakfast, and supper are all free.

Take someone else's - short hands, eat someone else's - short mouth. There is also a saying - slander is forced to suffer. There is quite a reason for this.