Comments on: Why the Resistance to Prices? http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/10/25/why-the-resistance-to-prices/ Economics of organizations, strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and more Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:11:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: michael webster http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/10/25/why-the-resistance-to-prices/#comment-56413 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:43:54 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/10/25/why-the-resistance-to-prices/#comment-56413 Uh, perhaps the freshman in economics might want to try to understand how traffic signals work to reduce congestion.

No market here, nothing to see, move along people.

]]> By: Richard O. Hammer http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/10/25/why-the-resistance-to-prices/#comment-56297 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:07:13 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/10/25/why-the-resistance-to-prices/#comment-56297 The previous commenter “ad” makes a valid point which I would generalize.

The representatives whom you could reach in existing organizations (regulators, industry groups, and consumer representatives) will speak on behalf of present, already existing, institutional arrangements. On the other hand, those people who would benefit from new institutional arrangements have not been organized into a group which speaks through the voices of representatives, so you are unlikely to hear those voices until they are organized by entrepreneurial action.

]]> By: ad http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/10/25/why-the-resistance-to-prices/#comment-56203 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:42:57 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/10/25/why-the-resistance-to-prices/#comment-56203 It occurs to me that those with most lobbying power must be reluctant to institute changes that will reduce the value of their lobbying power.

The freer the market, the lower the value of your lobbying power.

So what happens?

]]> By: davd http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/10/25/why-the-resistance-to-prices/#comment-56194 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:22:34 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/10/25/why-the-resistance-to-prices/#comment-56194 I was listening to a talk on water issues and the shortages in Atlanta came up. The speaker made the following observations:

(1) we use about 150 gallons per capita
(2) we pay about $0.065 cents per 1000 gallons of water (locally, he didn’t have in Pittsburgh
(3) most of the population of Atlanta is eventually going to have to relocate because there isn’t enough water.

Huh

]]> By: www.airfaresrockbottom.info » Why the Resistance to Prices? http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/10/25/why-the-resistance-to-prices/#comment-56165 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:04:34 +0000 http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2007/10/25/why-the-resistance-to-prices/#comment-56165 [...] Peter Klein put an intriguing blog post on Why the Resistance to Prices?.Here’s a quick excerpt:Mike Giberson provides details on the latest attempt to use prices to reduce air-travel delays. Time-of-day pricing? “We are unalterably, adamantly opposed to it,” says the head of the Air Transport Association, the airlines’ lobby … [...]

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