Nature of Competition; Whom and Where
All through, “The only constant is change.” Whom and Where to compete is very much situational as well. Here we focus on competition, as opposed to cooperation where we come later on. At the household. We compete with family members by birth or by law. The limit to consumable utilities at present is defined by home-produced and market-purchased products. The means to acquisition thereof are limited to 24 hours times the number of members on top of the wealth of the household . The wealth has historically been accumulated through saving to investment of, by and for the household. Most typically, the master of the household earns monetary incomes out of home, which are to be used in purchasing products (for consumption) and assets (for investment) in the markets. In effect, the incomes are the third means after the wealth of the household as a whole, 16 hours or so of the master and 24 hours eac...