[FRIAM] of straw and steel

[Barry MacKichan]

Exactly. They are a prime example of what economists call “rent 
seekers”, which means they can charge far beyond what their costs 
would indicate. I would guess that the majority of their income comes 
from the government, as part of overhead clauses in grants.

—Barry

On 30 Jun 2021, at 9:05, Pieter Steenekamp wrote:

> It seems like the publisher's business model is to maximize their 
> profits
> by selling at a high price to libraries.
>
> On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 at 03:27, <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, exactly!
>>
>> So, if your competitor is a Library who circulates documents for 
>> free,
>> What is your business model if you are charging 19 dollars?
>>
>> N
>>
>> Nick Thompson
>> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
>> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of u?l? ?>$
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 2:54 PM
>> To: friam at redfish.com
>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] of straw and steel
>>
>> It's called "The Library". Surely you have some of those near you, 
>> right?
>>
>> https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=no%3A42429544
>>
>> On 6/26/21 9:13 AM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
>>> I don’t understand the business model.  Who actually pays 19 
>>> dollars to
>> read an article?
>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 8:59 AM uǝlƃ ☤>$ <gepropella at gmail.com 
>>> <mailto:
>> gepropella at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Fooling the Victim: Of Straw Men and Those Who Fall for Them
>>>     https://muse.jhu.edu/article/796000
>>> <https://muse.jhu.edu/article/796000>
>>
>>
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>> ☤>$ uǝlƃ
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