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Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by kortilla on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @01:43AM (#22863057)
And $20/roll would expedite the changeover pretty quickly.
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Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by asdkjh345fd on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @07:48AM (#22864782)
Not if the producers believe that this is temporary and will go back to 50/50 again soon. It isn't worth the cost of making big changes just to have to change back again in a month.
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Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by lukas099 on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:51AM (#22865190)
It may incentivize them to invest in the ability to quickly change the ratio.
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Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by Robin_Message on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:24AM (#22865597)
For a once every hundred years event? Probably not.
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