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2002-07-08 Thread markjohn™
Armchairs: Could you please describe in layman's how does fiat money work? It is money based on regulation right? But is there a regulation that determines its value? Thanks

Re: Quantity/Bulk discounts

2002-07-08 Thread markjohn™
how about by that of church and ware? any comments? At 09:37 PM 08-07-02 +0100, you wrote: > > The industrial organization textbook by Carlton and Perloff is good on > > issues of price discrimination, quantity discounts etc. > > > > Alex > > >Sadly, I find Advanced Industrial Economics, by Steph

Silent Takeover

2002-07-08 Thread john hull
Howdy, Has anybody read "The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy" by Noreena Hertz? If so, is it any good? Curiously yours, jsh __ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com

Re: Quantity/Bulk discounts

2002-07-08 Thread William Sjostrom
> The industrial organization textbook by Carlton and Perloff is good on > issues of price discrimination, quantity discounts etc. > > Alex Sadly, I find Advanced Industrial Economics, by Stephen Martin (Blackwell 1993) a much better book in many ways. Although Carlton is a hugely talented econ

Firing Line

2002-07-08 Thread Alex Tabarrok
Italy's restrictions on firing employee's are so bad that a bank was prevented from firing a money launderer and it are so entrenched that recent attempts to reform the system have led to the assasination of the reformers. See Alan Krueger's piece http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/27/business/2