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A Child of Value

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JD Breen
Nov 13, 2020
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Atlanta, GA

November 13, 2020

Oscar Wilde defined a cynic as someone who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. But what if Price and Value are estranged, making it hard for either to know anything? 

Price is a child of Value, which can sometimes be a deadbeat dad. Support is seldom provided. Paternity is often denied.

Even when the relati…

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