I think I cringe that I wrote this:
While it is tempting to think of a market transaction resulting in winners and losers, it turns of that this is not the case. A market transaction is not a competition between buyers and sellers, but rather a mutually beneficial exchange that result in both sides being better off than before the transaction.
*See the title.
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