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Labels: Lower Music Prices And Increase Your Profits, Study Says
Labels: Lower Music Prices And Increase Your Profits, Study Says
Anyone who still remembers the basic principle of Economics 101 understands, on a gut level, one big problem with recorded music: It costs too much. The price of music has everything to do with supply — in that the major labels and music stores set the price of music — and little to do with […]
derek68·wired.com·
Labels: Lower Music Prices And Increase Your Profits, Study Says
Junk Fees, Bundling and Unbundling
Junk Fees, Bundling and Unbundling
Joe Biden harped on junk fees during the State of the Union. While I do not think it is the problem of our time, I take things in the reference class of resort fees, or fees to have adjacent seats on an airplane, and other such unbundling (and bundling) surprisingly seriously. I am putting up my thoughts here so I have a reference to fall back upon.
derek68·open.substack.com·
Junk Fees, Bundling and Unbundling
Subsidizing Higher Education Is Not Creating Widespread External Benefits | Gary M. Galles
Subsidizing Higher Education Is Not Creating Widespread External Benefits | Gary M. Galles
President Biden's student debt relief proposal created a storm of controversy. That is not surprising, since it was a transparent (and apparently successful) attempt to buy the votes of an important Democratic constituency, even though it created a target-rich environment for critics. It is sharply pro-rich at the expense of those far poorer, from a party pretending to stand for the opposite. It
derek68·independent.org·
Subsidizing Higher Education Is Not Creating Widespread External Benefits | Gary M. Galles
Super Bowl of Welfare
Super Bowl of Welfare
Sports stadiums get billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, including Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home to the Atlanta Falcons and the site of this year's Super...
derek68·youtube.com·
Super Bowl of Welfare
PPI's Trade Fact of the Week: U.S. underwear tariffs are unfair to women - Progressive Policy Institute
PPI's Trade Fact of the Week: U.S. underwear tariffs are unfair to women - Progressive Policy Institute
FACT: U.S. underwear tariffs are unfair to women. THE NUMBERS: Average U.S. tariff rates,* 2022 – Women’s underwear      15.5% All underwear                 14.7% Men’s underwear            11.5% Steel                               …
derek68·progressivepolicy.org·
PPI's Trade Fact of the Week: U.S. underwear tariffs are unfair to women - Progressive Policy Institute
The Super Bowl Slump
The Super Bowl Slump
The Super Bowl is often followed by a big drop in productivity the next day, as employees call in sick, take extended lunch breaks, or simply spend the day in a daze.
derek68·jadrian.substack.com·
The Super Bowl Slump
Political Polarization: Challenges, Opportunities, and Hope for Consumer Welfare, Marketers, and Public Policy - T.J. Weber, Chris Hydock, William Ding, Meryl Gardner, Pradeep Jacob, Naomi Mandel, David E. Sprott, Eric Van Steenburg, 2021
Political Polarization: Challenges, Opportunities, and Hope for Consumer Welfare, Marketers, and Public Policy - T.J. Weber, Chris Hydock, William Ding, Meryl Gardner, Pradeep Jacob, Naomi Mandel, David E. Sprott, Eric Van Steenburg, 2021
Political polarization is a marked political division in the population, characterized by multiple manifestations. The authors argue that it can affect consumer...
derek68·journals.sagepub.com·
Political Polarization: Challenges, Opportunities, and Hope for Consumer Welfare, Marketers, and Public Policy - T.J. Weber, Chris Hydock, William Ding, Meryl Gardner, Pradeep Jacob, Naomi Mandel, David E. Sprott, Eric Van Steenburg, 2021
Liquor before beer: Spirits beat brews in new market data
Liquor before beer: Spirits beat brews in new market data
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Producers of spirits have new bragging rights in the age-old whiskey vs. beer barroom debate. New figures show that spirits surpassed beer for U.S. market-share supremacy, based on supplier revenues, a spirit industry group announced Thursday.
derek68·apnews.com·
Liquor before beer: Spirits beat brews in new market data