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Re: "price cops?"

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From: George Torralba
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 19:44
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In article <1992Nov21.132442.6499@gw.wmich.edu> 739chan1@gw.wmich.edu writes:
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[....]
>don't warn the buyers. Alternatively, if you want to warn the buyers, also
>warn the sellers. The easiest thing to do is, of course, is NOTHING. Just 
>let the market sort itself out. That's what most people do anyway :-)
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Chan Lee Meng           
>739chan1@gw.wmich.edu
>Western Michigan Univ.


Boy, isn't that the excuse of the century.  What you fail to take into 
account about markets though is that free-flow of information (i.e., price) 
is an ingredient of an efficient market. 

George


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From: grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (George Torralba)
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