ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 14 days agoEverything went from kinda expensive to really expensive.discuss.onlineimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up11.42Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.41Karrow-down1imageEverything went from kinda expensive to really expensive.discuss.onlineByteOnBikes@discuss.online to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days ago The cost to produce does matter. Only insomuch as setting a price floor, but not a ceiling
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoI might be severely misunderstanding you. Are you saying that the cost of production is not a concern when the government is deciding the maximum allowable price of a good or service?
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoAh, sorry, thought we were talking about business setting prices, not government intervention
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoCorrect. What did you mean by setting a price floor?
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-213 days agoWell, outside extreme circumstances, the manufacturer isn’t likely to sell below their own cost; hence the manufacturing cost is a price floor
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoThat’s “at cost”, not a price floor.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoI still think that would be a de facto price floor, as opposed to the de jure definition you’re referencing.
Only insomuch as setting a price floor, but not a ceiling
I might be severely misunderstanding you. Are you saying that the cost of production is not a concern when the government is deciding the maximum allowable price of a good or service?
Ah, sorry, thought we were talking about business setting prices, not government intervention
Correct. What did you mean by setting a price floor?
Well, outside extreme circumstances, the manufacturer isn’t likely to sell below their own cost; hence the manufacturing cost is a price floor
That’s “at cost”, not a price floor.
I still think that would be a de facto price floor, as opposed to the de jure definition you’re referencing.