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KillerApps Micro: What Price Means
01/30/15
Prostitution has proven to be an effective hedge against high inflation induced by subsidies and price control in Venezuela.

01/20/15
The impact of low oil prices on oil output depends on the cost structures of different types of oils.

12/13/14
Dynamic pricing allows mobile-dispatched ride services such as Uber to digitally match supply and demand at the expense of regular taxi companies.

02/27/07
Artificially-imposed price difference between markets can lead to flow of goods from short-supplied areas to well-supplied areas to equalize their effective prices.

02/27/07
Auction of immigrant visas could ensure that scarce visas go to only those who are willing to pay the most to get them and that immigrants do not displace native-born workers simply because of their willingness to accept lower pay.

06/22/06
US subsidies to domestic sugar cane and sugar beet growers have resulted in huge collateral damage to domestic industries and overseas producers.

01/14/06
High sales tax on cigarettes inadvertently encouraged underage smoking and reduced tax revenues.

09/07/05
Oil is a fungible world commodity that should be sourced where it is the cheapest and sold to the highest bidder regardless of national boundaries.

09/01/05
A fine which normally connotes shame can be confused with a price which connotes right if a fine is not properly implemented.

11/05/99
Gray markets appear when cheaper goods in one market are diverted to compete with more expensive but similar goods in another market.

01/23/99
Price control after natural disasters may misallocate scarce resources to less urgent needs

01/23/99
Sweatshops in low wage countries supplying goods to American companies may offer better paying jobs than other local firms.


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