This article starts of well, but quickly goes south.

> In a typical transaction, no market value is created. If I give you an apple and you give me an orange, the total amount of fruit in the economy remains constant. We can’t create fruit by bartering with it. We can only do so by foraging or cultivating an orchard.

Economics 101 begs to differ. Surprised at the level of economic illiteracy in this article (the author should read up on concepts like consumer surplus, labor markets, comparative advantage, economies of scale), given the interesting riddle it began with.