logoalt Hacker News

inigyouyesterday at 5:05 PM1 replyview on HN

Some Nvidia employees are making graphics cards, that cost $1000, and use $300 of materials, and being paid $200. $500 is being extracted from the value chain at that point and some of that is going to you because you own Nvidia stock.


Replies

twoodfinyesterday at 6:03 PM

Ah, the labor theory of value. That makes sense.

It’s totally incoherent and unreliable as an explanation for an economy, but it explains the comments in this thread.

show 1 reply