How is providing the two jobs not contributing to the economy?
How do you clear $60,000 on widgets? What about the costs of supplies, insurance, compliance to government regulations, city/state/county/federal taxes, import duties,R&D, documentation, advertising, and so on?
I didn't make an argument about whether it was contributing to the economy or not, but that doesn't matter - slavery contributed to the economy too, but it's also morally wrong.
It's a stripped down hypothetical on purpose, to get to the heart of the question. Non-labour material concerns are left as an exercise for the reader.
> one person profits off the work of another
Trade needs to benefit both parties.
We live in different world. Thank you for your response.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/exploita...
> the act of using someone unfairly for your own advantage
But we probably just disagree on the meaning of "unfairly" within that definition.