Archive for November 8th, 2007
Asymmetric Information: Car Trouble
Thursday, November 8th, 2007This past summer, I drove to Mt. Rainier to visit my sister who was working at the gift shop there. Outside of Puyallup, WA my car wouldn’t start. I took it to Sears and they informed me that I had a bad starter. They replaced the starter. It still wouldn’t start. Two days, an alternator, […]
Fair Trade Hypocrisy
Thursday, November 8th, 2007The cover story in the most recent copy of my campus magazine, Statements, highlights the Fair Trade movement. The article, by Sara Kentzler, begins: “Imagine farmers struggling every day to sell their crops. Their families go unfed, and for their young children school is an outlandish dream. The products these experienced farmers sell are of […]