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 […]