So, I was wondering what other armchair-ers think about this. If
it's a
good idea, what are the obstacles preventing it from being
implemented?
If it's a bad idea, why?
The big problem is that parents have no right over the future income
of their children. Hence they cannot make the
The advertising restrictions put in place by the settlement are a clear way in
which profits prices can rise as
advertising is mostly about customer stealing in the cig. industry - thus the
settlement allowed collusion.
Alex
The classic discussion is Plato's, The Republic, on the noble lie.
Alex
Alex Tabarrok
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 01:17:25PM +0200, Jacob W Braestrup wrote:
The big problem is that parents have no right over the future income
of their children. Hence they cannot make the contract. Neither can the
children themselves until they reach (legal) maturity.
I recently saw a proposal to
Chris Auld wrote:
Suppose that some behavior is affected by information provided by official
sources. Suppose further that by distorting or withholding information
the official may change behavior in a socially desirable manner (ignore
credibility issues). Should the official engage in such
