menu

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