An Economy of Overfed Middlemen

Re:An Economy of Overfed Middlemen by kqr on Monday July 25, 2022 @01:08PM (#32227481)

Consumers and producers can form cooperatives. They are middlemen, but not overfed ones.

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Re:An Economy of Overfed Middlemen by lotsofpulp on Monday July 25, 2022 @02:07PM (#32228472)

I would struggle to define sub 5% profit margin retailers and wholesalers as overfed.

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Re:An Economy of Overfed Middlemen by asdff on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:31PM (#32230508)

Poor starving Target investors with their stock being up 180% from 5 years ago

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Re:An Economy of Overfed Middlemen by bagacrap on Monday July 25, 2022 @08:48PM (#32232944)

I mean Tesla investors are up far more and for what? they did nothing but buy the right stock at the right time. How did that action make the world a better place?

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Re:An Economy of Overfed Middlemen by 8note on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:50PM (#32231397)

Are they middle men though? The stocks are basically unrelated to the business being done, unless the value gets so low that the underlying assets are worth more.

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