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To: groanup
IN your dreams. Only shortages get "bid up". IOW, the efficient market will take over, as has been argued all along.

How will the market create a supply of used products to meet demand?

I bought a new car that was so bad, my daughter bonded with owner of the garage where I took it for repairs. Before buying my next car, I did a lot of research, identified a car I wanted to buy used and began searching. Unable to find one with less than 100,000 miles in reasonably good shape, at a reasonable price, after months of looking, I decided it was more cost effective to buy new. Demand created a scarce market and high resale value.

Even today, it is difficult to find That particular car (later model, of course) for sale, used at any price. What happened to market efficiency?

693 posted on 10/24/2006 7:38:09 AM PDT by lucysmom
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To: lucysmom

Market efficience relies on the ingenuity of the participants.


695 posted on 10/24/2006 7:42:38 AM PDT by groanup (Limited government is the answer. What's the question?)
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To: lucysmom

Interesting but not relevant. That's merely market action at work - not the FairTax.


731 posted on 10/24/2006 9:34:08 AM PDT by pigdog
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