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Posted in Bizarre, Economics, Entertainment on Nov 11th, 2009
If it is true as Joel Waldfogel argues in The Tyranny of the Market: Why You Can’t Always Get What You Want that markets do not always satisfy consumers’ needs because of lack of profitability, it does not mean that non-for-profit markets or organizations won’t emerge to serve the consumers that for-profit organizations won’t serve. [...]
Posted in Academics, Bizarre, Books, Economics, Government, Health, Law, Policy, Research on Jan 16th, 2009
I just finished reading Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women by Alexa Albert. This is a very interesting book. Alexa Albert, then engaged and planning to go to med school, spent several months with the women working at one of the most famous Nevada’s licensed brothels: the Mustang Ranch. The purpose of her research was [...]