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Flutes for Zorp!

Posted on 20172018 by Jadrian Wooten
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The Reasonablists are having their end-of-life party in the local park and Ron sees an opportunity to sell his high quality wooden flutes. Because the party springs up without notice, Ron sees a sudden spike in demand for his flutes. The leader of the Reasonabilists offers Ron a check because they don’t believe it will have any value the next day, but Ron has been selling them flutes for each of their previous going away parties.

See more: demand, demand shifts, elasticity, expectations, inelastic, M2, markets, medium of exchange, money, normal goods, preferences, store of value, transactions, unit of account

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Posted in Elasticity, Foundations & Models, Markets at Work, Ron SwansonTagged demand, demand shifts, Elasticity, expectations, inelastic, M2, markets, medium of exchange, Money, normal goods, preferences, store of value, transactions, unit of account

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