In the world of economics, an asset's "market value" is how much that asset would cost in an open market setting in which there is competition between multiple parties who want to purchase it.
So while a laptop I bought a few years ago might have cost me $1000 when I purchased it from an electronics store, and might cost $500 now from that same store, if…
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