Talk:Value (economics)/Archives/2014

Missing "for" or not?

I'm trying to understand the intent of a sentence. Is there a missing "for" in this quoted sentence?

"Just as the buyer reveals what he is willing to pay for a certain amount of a good, so too does the seller reveal what it costs him to give up the good."

As quoted, that would imply the actual costs of the seller in producing the item, and not the cost required for the seller to forgo possessing the item in exchange for a payment. I suspect it should have a "for," since that makes more sense to me, but I'm uncertain as to the original intent.

E.g., with a "for":

"... what it costs for him to give up the good." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.243.110.86 (talk) 18:57, 8 November 2014 (UTC)