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A comment on The Welfare Effects of Dynamic Pricing: Evidence from Airline Markets. Parent comment

Re:The Welfare Effects of Dynamic Pricing: Evidence from Air... by colinmhayes on Friday March 25, 2022 @12:47PM (#30804402)
Plenty of good things are not pareto improvements. If someone is a little worse off but someone else is much better off that is a good thing.
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Re:The Welfare Effects of Dynamic Pricing: Evidence from Air... by tomrod on Friday March 25, 2022 @01:34PM (#30805004)
I believe that depends on the ethical system you espouse. Egalitarianism, yes. Utilitarianism, not necessarily (so-called utility monster). And so on.
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