Indeed. Diversification helps marketeers provide product recognition
("Big Gulp" is probably a patented or trademarked size descriptor) and
obfuscation of units frustrates economic comparison. "My large size is
better than your large size. Don't try typing 'large' into your
calculator, though."
BTW, I saw one of those "science education suggestions" in a newspaper
style journal published by the National Science Teachers of America. It
showed kids how to make a balance from a soda straw, paper cups, and
clothespins. Then it invited them to weigh various objects "in
paperclips". Reminds me that I need to stop off at the grocery store on
the way home to buy 400 paperclips of hamburger.
Jim
On Thursday 07 June 2001 1111, Duncan Bath wrote:
> Yes, those who would rely on "market forces" doing the job forget
> that *the market* decides what is to be offered and at what price.
> It constitutes a profoundly blunt instrument when it comes to
> standardization; in fact, often just the reverse.
> Duncan
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