Madsen's talking middlemen today — those wicked people who buy things for one price and then sell it to someone else for a higher price. But, it turns out, this is actually quite a useful function, both for the seller and the buyer. I remember back in school being taught about how middlemen were exploiting the poor, and if you didn't buy things directly from the seller you were exploiting them too. Even back then it didn't sound right, and I wish I'd had a video like this to explain why.

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