tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post559716307377978966..comments2024-03-29T06:37:18.029-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Rational choice?Paul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-34934457991816004502009-11-09T17:25:38.505-05:002009-11-09T17:25:38.505-05:00anon 1245:
The question is, are you more attracti...anon 1245:<br /><br />The question is, are you more attractive to a potential mate with this bottle in your hand (enhancement of reproductive success). I think it would drive me away - but I'm way past reproductive age, LOL!<br /><br />nonlocalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-56391466029102339912009-11-09T12:45:58.710-05:002009-11-09T12:45:58.710-05:00Economics, like other social sciences, often fails...Economics, like other social sciences, often fails to explain variation in behavior due to neglect of evolutionary theory. What is 'rational' about many choices is their association with health and status - which predict across species individual differences in reproductive success. Linked or not today to such payoffs, we still inhabit a hunter-gatherer body (and brain). Don't I look good with this bottle in my hand? I sure feel healthy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-22090718079845819542009-11-09T09:11:55.566-05:002009-11-09T09:11:55.566-05:00Sales of these waters tap the eternal spring of my...Sales of these waters tap the eternal spring of mythology infused throughout American culture that "natural" is better and "exotic" better still. It is magical thinking. There is no rational reason to support the transportation of water halfway around the globe. It is a convenience or a vanity. My forebears would say it is a sin, especially here in New England where we are blessed with an abundance of water.<br /><br />Purity should be the only standard. People used to take pride in their fine municipal water, and demand it be kept to high standards. Standards haven't fallen, but I think that gullibility and superstition have risen. We know, without question, how to deliver high quality from the tap. We allow ourselves to be exploited at $1 a bottle instead of demanding public water taps similar to the ubiquitous bubblers of my past.REKordinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01327478005437933365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-76532969009076235262009-11-09T07:24:53.465-05:002009-11-09T07:24:53.465-05:00How about lessons from this for those who say that...How about lessons from this for those who say that we should just "trust the market" in health care?Lachlan Forrow, MD, FACPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457832458902155518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-78798018986595093562009-11-08T22:26:55.066-05:002009-11-08T22:26:55.066-05:00As a trained economist, you should know that there...As a trained economist, you should know that there's no difference between a want and a need, and that demand is based on willingness to pay, which varies from person to person.Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-74870097055483299662009-11-08T20:28:34.848-05:002009-11-08T20:28:34.848-05:00I'm sure most people know that the store brand...I'm sure most people know that the store brand is usually manufactured by the name brand, yet they still buy the name brand. The trillion dollar advertising industry thrives on making sure our choices are anything but rational.<br /><br />Btw, didn't you know that Fiji water is green because they can save shipping container space by using square bottles instead of round? They can fit 18% more water into the same size container! Ok, so I made that % up, but you get the point.zachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-20949000197935233532009-11-08T08:14:49.957-05:002009-11-08T08:14:49.957-05:00There is a whole discussion about this on the Fiji...There is a whole discussion about this on the Fiji website: http://blog.fijigreen.com/2009/08/fiji-water-responds-to-mother-jones-article/<br /><br />But, what's wrong with tourism as an income source? It can be done in an environmentally sound way, e.g. Costa Rica. In fact, the Amalfi Coast in Italy lives off of tourism, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-55982462334272800272009-11-08T08:10:38.187-05:002009-11-08T08:10:38.187-05:00I started drinking it because Fiji finally had a s...I started drinking it because Fiji finally had a source of income not tourism-based. That was before we all went green. I don't know what to do now, but I do worry about what my greenness does to people, too.nasovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-48696103270084929012009-11-08T04:32:43.643-05:002009-11-08T04:32:43.643-05:00Maybe the hotels should distribute gas instead of ...Maybe the hotels should distribute gas instead of bottled water. I filled up my car yesterday and it was only about 70 cents per litre ($2.65 per gallon).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-44219380103190065412009-11-07T21:58:58.179-05:002009-11-07T21:58:58.179-05:00I fixed that, thanks.I fixed that, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-64421702197799985142009-11-07T21:41:13.673-05:002009-11-07T21:41:13.673-05:00Nevermind. I was reading your price as 16 cents pe...Nevermind. I was reading your price as 16 cents per liter or .16 per liter.<br /><br />It was the 's' on the end of the cents that threw me, Your Honor.Tim Windsorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00724144856429510796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-82204055317310732212009-11-07T21:38:48.939-05:002009-11-07T21:38:48.939-05:00I was an english major, so my math is definitely s...I was an english major, so my math is definitely suspect, but isn't Boston's water about 1/6 of a cent per liter?Tim Windsorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00724144856429510796noreply@blogger.com