What Price Means (Macro)
Gray Market (11/5/1999)
Gray markets appear when cheaper goods in one market are diverted to compete with more expensive but similar goods in another market.
Keywords: cigarettes., distributors, diversion, diverters, gray market, high-end market, low-end market, parallel imports, price discrimination
Hedging Inflation with Prostitution (1/30/2015)
Prostitution has proven to be an effective hedge against high inflation induced by subsidies and price control in Venezuela.
Keywords: Bolivar, currency trader, devaluation, dollar, exchange rate, inflation, inflation hedge, price control, prostitutes, Smuggling, subsidized gas, Venezuela
Sugar Daddy (6/22/2006)
US subsidies to domestic sugar cane and sugar beet growers have resulted in huge collateral damage to domestic industries and overseas producers.
Keywords: candy, import quota, price support, subsidies, sugar, sugar beet, sugar cane
The Case for Sweatshops (1/23/1999)
Sweatshops in low wage countries supplying goods to American companies may offer better paying jobs than other local firms.
Keywords: free trade, low wage labor, morality, sweatshops, trade