Tag: greed

Hall’s Rule of Social Order – #129

4 June, 2012 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Hospitals are businesses. They’re not just there to make you feel better.  They are run like businesses.  They worry about low overhead and getting customers in and out as quickly as possible.  Are you aware that 1 in 3 births that occur in a hospital result in a Cesarian section?  That’s a 50% increase since […]

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Hall’s Rule of Social Order – #188

21 May, 2012 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

People’s willingness to pay a price defines market price, and that line is always being tested. This is probably more of an obvious one, but the social implications are severe, in my opinion.  There are two evils at play here.  The first, a common negotiation strategy is to ask for twice of what you really […]

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