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To: unspun
Elasticity as a trait, shows that demand almost always increases with greater availability.

Not quite; elasticity measures by how much demand increases. JmyBryan points out that elasticity is most likely low for drugs.

GIFFEN GOOD: A rare type of good seldom seen in the real world, in which a change in price causes quantity demanded to change in the same direction (in violation of the law of demand). In other words, an increase in the price of a Giffen good results in an increase in the quantity demanded. The existence of a Giffen good requires the existence of special circumstances. First, the good must be an inferior good. Second, the income effect triggered by a change in price must overwhelm the substitution effect. A Giffen good is most likely to result when the good is a significant share of the consumer's budget. c/o www.amosweb.com

Does not apply.

That doesn't follow. "Seldom" is not "never," and "is most likely to" is not "only."

225 posted on 03/06/2003 1:17:20 PM PST by MrLeRoy ("That government is best which governs least.")
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To: MrLeRoy; tpaine; JmyBryan
I may or may not respond to you. I don't really advocate long tirade battles among those who are supposed to unite, especially when they are so repetitive and redundant.

Suggest these Web site, BTW:
http://www.liberty1.org
http://www.wallbuilders.com
246 posted on 03/06/2003 1:45:57 PM PST by unspun ("Inalienable right to own hash, PCP, ricin, C4, smallpox & plutonium." - TOTALIBERTARIAN)
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