Does Capitalism Inevitably Produce Inequalities?

[The Magistrate]

69. You Are Trying To Take Matter Sideways, Sir

Compensation an artist or other creative person receives for artifacts they create has nothing to do with the structures producing value and sharing it among all parties to its production in an industrial economy. Ms. Rowling is self-employed, in effect, though she requires the agency of others ( publishers, distributors, movie studios, etc. ) to receive the fullest portion of the value she produces. Costs of publishing and distribution and movie production are something she pays out of the total value she creates. She has certainly gained enough there would be scant ground for claiming these costs were an unfair burden, though this is not always the case with creative products ( the sorry tale of DC and the originators of 'Superman' comes to mind as an example ). But there is plenty of room to question whether the employees of the publisher and the distributor and studio receive a fair portion of the value Ms. Rowling pays these entities to work on her behalf.