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Knowledge workers are either confined to selected urban areas around the world or are working remotely. We all know the selected metropolitan areas, San Francisco, New York, London, Berlin, Bangalore, and so on. It should not be a surprise that […]
The price variance one sees in the United States is huge. It is not just that price of “organic” groceries can vary up to five times. Even, something as standardized as coke would be sold in a restaurant for 5-10 […]
While Sitting at a local restaurant in Cairo, Egypt, I deliberated between Subia and Dom Palm to drink. Two adult women, the mother (in-law?) wearing a burqa and the daughter (in-law?) wearing an abaya sat in front of me. The […]
The car insurance works because the incentives are aligned. Some people pay more for higher quality/coverage insurance. Some people pay less for cheaper insurance. The repair shops cannot charge arbitrary prices since the customer does not want their insurance companies to overpay, or else the customer’s premium will go up next year. The insurance companies cannot charge premium way higher than the market or else; the customers would leave. If they charge too low, they go out of the business.
Shops love selling them since the margins are great, the local government loves them since it brings in additional tax revenue, and the tourists love them since they don’t want local bacteria to interfere with their enjoyment of authentic experiences. Mother nature […]
KBB is used in the US for estimating the value of a used car before buying/selling it. While helping friends buy used cars, I felt that it always overvalued the car. I feel there is an anchoring effect in play here. A […]