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Why a haircut can cost less in one country without the money being fake

A haircut is a local service priced by local wages, so a cheaper cut does not mean the currency is counterfeit.

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From the opening

A haircut is produced and consumed in the same place, and its price is mostly the barber's wage plus local rent and shop costs. A lower price in another country can be a lower wage structure, not a false unit of money. The opening covers a haircut cannot be shipped, local wages set the price, and traded goods are pulled closer.

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A haircut cannot be shipped
Local wages set the price
Traded goods are pulled closer
A visitor sees the wage gap
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

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Nontraded goods and local wages
Real exchange rates and service prices

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Why a haircut can cost less in one country without the money being fake

From the opening

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