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Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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In lugnet.market.theory, Mike Stanley writes:
> > Does anyone think this is workable and/or desirable?
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> Workable? Who knows - I'm not a mathematician or an economist.
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> Desirable? Heck no. We live in the real world. In the real world
> the person willing AND able to spend the most for something gets it.
> That's the way it is, and that's the way it ought to be.
Real world ethics debate aside, does Lego-Distribution have to be so heavily
tied to the real-world and the evolved Capitalism that we know today? If we can
think of a fairer system for Lego, then why isn't that desirable?
Richard
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| If there is no benefit to sellers, who is going to participate? You can set up whatever scheme you want but unless there is motivation, you're going to have a lot of buyers but no sellers. I know I certainly would not sell for less than the most the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Maybe I'm just on a different wavelength here, but I don't understand this desire to disassociate one part of our lives from reality. I work hard every day in the real world. I pay for goods and services in the real world. I earn a wage in the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Workable? Who knows - I'm not a mathematician or an economist. Desirable? Heck no. We live in the real world. In the real world the person willing AND able to spend the most for something gets it. That's the way it is, and that's the way it (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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