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Middlemen: From Mancgere to Amazon

Middlemen: From Mancgere to Amazon

FromThe Answer Is Transaction Costs


Middlemen: From Mancgere to Amazon

FromThe Answer Is Transaction Costs

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
May 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Does Starbucks have surge pricing?What is a Mancgere?Should the Stomach go to the Wheat, or should the Wheat come to the Stomach?Plus, the TWEJ!Some things discussed this week:Michael Munger, "Market Makers or Parasites" https://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2009/Mungermiddlemen.htmlFrederic Bastiat, WHAT IS SEEN AND UNSEEN. https://www.econlib.org/book-chapters/chapter-chapter-1-what-is-seen-and-what-is-not-seen/Frederic Bastiat, "The Negative Railroad." https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/negative-railroadDavid Friedman, HIDDEN ORDER.   http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/2041/1/47.pdf.pdf If you have questions or comments, or want to suggest a future topic, email the show at taitc.email@gmail.com ! You can follow Mike Munger on Twitter at @mungowitz
Released:
May 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (25)

In which the Knower of Important Things shows how transaction costs explain literally everything. Plus TWEJ, homework, and answers to questions.If YOU have questions, submit them to our email at taitc.email@gmail.com And check out the Facebook page, to leave comments and answer comments from other listeners:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092342062186