The simple math of the Yard-Sale Model shows that if everybody started out with equal money in a fair economy, the outcome tends toward one person holding all of the money. The cool graphical simulations on this page demonstrate why.

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    Labor has value. You have access to some amount of labor each week that you value at [your salary]. Your employer values your labor at [some higher value] and thus “wins” at the trade.