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Beware of X Economics (Or, a Primer)

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Information Markets, Product Markets

The Attention Economy

From Wikipedia
‘Across consumer markets, attention is becoming the scarcest – and so most strategically vital – resource in the value chain. Attention scarcity is fundamentally reshaping the economics of most industries it touches; beginning with the media industry.’
‘Attention economics” today is primarily concerned with the problem of getting consumers to consume advertising.’

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Market-Based Healthcare Plans: Unusable!

May 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Healthcare Markets

In last week’s FT there was an interesting article about the lack of success of market-based healthcare plans in the US. The article – Republican healthcare plan ‘in jeopardy’ – reports on a survey that documents consumer rejection of these types of plans.
As the survey states: “Any consumer product that scored as low [as [...]

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