An interesting excerpt from said article,
"FedEx's chairman and founder, Frederick W. Smith, ....said, they really
have complementary businesses: FedEx carries larger packages, while the
Postal Service focuses on letters and lighter parcels."
One wonders if this complimentary nature of the FedEx and the USPS is not
due solely to private carriers being forbidden to carry first class mail. It
would seem that FedEx carries more larger packages than the USPS because it
is a better option, as UPS, Airborne, et al might also be. Which begs the
question, if this restriction were eliminated would the USPS still be the
primary choice for letters and lighter parcels?
Does the list think that this arrangement is a step toward the postal
service opening up to free markets, or will it perpetuate the government
legislated monopoly by bringing a sole private supplier into the mix?
--
S. Andrew Vecci
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Chicago, Illinois
"The more the state 'plans' the more difficult planning becomes for the
individual." - F.A. Hayek
> From: Alex Tabarrok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 09:18:37 -0800
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: USPS hires FED EX
>
> RE our discussion on the mails the post office has hired Fed Ex.
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43459-2001Jan10.html
> --
> Dr. Alexander Tabarrok
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> The Independent Institute
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