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ForHackernewstoday at 2:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

Yes. Investment gains are not work, inheritance is not work,capital appreciation is not work, winning the PayPal stocks lottery is not work.


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Ntrailstoday at 2:10 PM

> Investment gains are not work

Say, for example, my job is allocating capital across the S&P 500. My work is picking the stocks, the fruits of my labour are excess returns.

Are those excess returns not work? What are they?

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jstummbilligtoday at 2:24 PM

What if I build and run a SaaS?

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