Economic outcomes are not symmetric

Fairly obvious, but interesting to detail and have clearly.

Because value is created, it is likely that the outcomes are not truly Symmetry, since an economic benefit or cost to one group is likely to have corollary effects on the other group down the line.

In a closed, contained system, we can see an “economic symmetry” in a situation like the following:

Person A gives Person B $1

OR

Person B gives Person A $1

Since economic systems are not contained like this, we know that in real life systems Person A and Person B will likely engage again in some form through the market, and it is possible that the person who gave up the $1 initially will see some percent of that value come back to them (and then maybe back to other person, and so on). Because Person A and Person B are different agents, it is not guaranteed that both the initial moves described above will result in symmetric outcomes over the long term.