Critic: It has been argued that the real value of a product is not equal to the price people are willing to pay for it, on the grounds that this price often exceeds the cost of the labor required to create it, and the excess goes to the investor as an unjustifiably acquired profit
But since the existence of the product is as dependent on the investor' s initial capital outlay as on the laborer' s toil, this argument is fallacious
Everyone whose activity contributes to the creation of a product deserves an equal share of the proceeds from its sale.