Comments on: Markets work http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/02/21/markets-work/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aditya Athalye http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/02/21/markets-work/comment-page-1/#comment-91345 Aditya Athalye Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:54:34 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/02/21/markets-work/#comment-91345 babies are traditionally weaned away from mother's milk... assuming this is a prudent practice (many traditional practices are) i'll be surprised if a.o. wilson would be believed widely... but that is another matter. i think the market will only discover the prudence (real benefit and welfare) of drinking human breast milk over time... again, assuming a large enough number of such transactions happen to support a.o. wilson's claim. i think the appearance of human breast milk demand only highlights that initiating voluntary trade is easy in a market with small information asymmetry... and if the demand is met, then it will prove that it is possible to match buyers and sellers for otherwise highly improbable transactions. benefit and welfare improvement will be apparent only over time. babies are traditionally weaned away from mother’s milk… assuming this is a prudent practice (many traditional practices are) i’ll be surprised if a.o. wilson would be believed widely… but that is another matter.

i think the market will only discover the prudence (real benefit and welfare) of drinking human breast milk over time… again, assuming a large enough number of such transactions happen to support a.o. wilson’s claim.

i think the appearance of human breast milk demand only highlights that initiating voluntary trade is easy in a market with small information asymmetry… and if the demand is met, then it will prove that it is possible to match buyers and sellers for otherwise highly improbable transactions.

benefit and welfare improvement will be apparent only over time.

]]> By: shiv http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/02/21/markets-work/comment-page-1/#comment-90919 shiv Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:35:57 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/02/21/markets-work/#comment-90919 Kinky, though the ad denies it. The guy who did the research is even kinkier... Kinky, though the ad denies it. The guy who did the research is even kinkier…

]]> By: raghu ram prasad http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/02/21/markets-work/comment-page-1/#comment-90458 raghu ram prasad Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:45:34 +0000 http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/02/21/markets-work/#comment-90458 very nice blog you have presented, visit me soon very nice blog you have presented, visit me soon

]]>