tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195077991229481958.post8502944935237865593..comments2024-03-27T09:54:14.832-06:00Comments on Practical Eschatology: Living Off the LandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195077991229481958.post-86043359625497825622013-10-05T11:23:35.011-06:002013-10-05T11:23:35.011-06:00The opportunity cost of food... Years ago, after g...The opportunity cost of food... Years ago, after graduating from college and starting my first full-time job, I was sitting at a moderately priced restaurant eating dinner. It dawned on me that it was taking me longer to eat the meal than it took me to earn the money to pay for the meal. In contrast, while still in college, it would have taken two or three hours work to earn the money to pay for that meal. I can't even begin to estimate how much work would be involved in growing the food myself to make that same meal.<br /><br />In our current economy, food is insanely cheap in terms of the amount of labor involved to earn the money to buy it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com