Prescription Drug Costs in the U.S. Are a Crime - Bloomberg
...Another way to boost competition would be to let people and pharmacies import some drugs from other countries with sound pharmaceutical regulation, such as Canada.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
The Two Words That Will Help Get an Airline Upgrade Over the Phone - Bloomberg
The Two Words That Will Help Get an Airline Upgrade Over the Phone - Bloomberg
...We have never bought an upper-class seat; if ever we’ve flown anywhere up front, we’ve used miles to upgrade from economy. If you want to do that, call reservations and drop the name “revenue management.”...‘Have revenue management released any first-class seats for miles upgrades yet?’ When they say no, ask them to check or just be put through to revenue management so you can ask when they will release some, as well as how many seats are left. Politely respond like this: ‘You have 20 seats unsold? Why aren’t you releasing them?’ Often by the end of the conversation they say, ‘OK, we’ll release one for you,’ or they might tell you to call back tomorrow. Doing that, we’ve had a pretty much 100 percent success rate.
...We have never bought an upper-class seat; if ever we’ve flown anywhere up front, we’ve used miles to upgrade from economy. If you want to do that, call reservations and drop the name “revenue management.”...‘Have revenue management released any first-class seats for miles upgrades yet?’ When they say no, ask them to check or just be put through to revenue management so you can ask when they will release some, as well as how many seats are left. Politely respond like this: ‘You have 20 seats unsold? Why aren’t you releasing them?’ Often by the end of the conversation they say, ‘OK, we’ll release one for you,’ or they might tell you to call back tomorrow. Doing that, we’ve had a pretty much 100 percent success rate.
There is a two-step calming ritual for nervous flyers, and Bagshawe s
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Euro Zone Countries Viewed the Financial Crisis Differently - Bloomberg
Euro Zone Countries Viewed the Financial Crisis Differently - Bloomberg
...It's as if the euro area's four biggest economies didn't share a reality. The four quality dailies resemble the blind men in the Indian parable, feeling different parts of an elephant's body, declaring the whole animal should look like a tree or a snake, then coming to blows when they can't agree...but the difference in narratives were more likely to be driven by the relationship between the papers and their readers -- that is, in the final analysis, by public opinion.
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...It's as if the euro area's four biggest economies didn't share a reality. The four quality dailies resemble the blind men in the Indian parable, feeling different parts of an elephant's body, declaring the whole animal should look like a tree or a snake, then coming to blows when they can't agree...but the difference in narratives were more likely to be driven by the relationship between the papers and their readers -- that is, in the final analysis, by public opinion.
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Mueller's Indictment of Russian Trolls May Backfire - Bloomberg
Mueller's Indictment of Russian Trolls May Backfire - Bloomberg
....As economist Konstantin Sonin, a University of Chicago professor, posted on Facebook, "I still don't see a mechanism through which an operation on a $5 million scale can seriously affect the outcome of a campaign in which one side spent $600 million and the other more than $1 billion."
....As economist Konstantin Sonin, a University of Chicago professor, posted on Facebook, "I still don't see a mechanism through which an operation on a $5 million scale can seriously affect the outcome of a campaign in which one side spent $600 million and the other more than $1 billion."
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