Diamond-Water Paradox (Paradox Of Value)

Diamond-Water Paradox (Paradox Of Value)

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Release Message:  Water is more useful than diamonds, yet is a lot cheaper.
Description:  The paradox of value (also known as the diamond_water paradox) is the apparent contradiction that, although water is on the whole more useful, in terms of survival, than diamonds, diamonds command a higher price in the market. The philosopher Adam Smith is often considered to be the classic presenter of this paradox, although it had already appeared as early as Plato's Euthydemus. Nicolaus Copernicus, John Locke, John Law and others had previously tried to explain the disparity.