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Middlemen: From Mancgere to Amazon

The Answer Is Transaction Costs

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Introduction

Last week's letter asked, does Starbucks have surge pricing? Once you realize that the answer is transaction costs, then everything gets clear. To the consumer, all costs are transaction costs. Middlemen are everywhere and probably have been since the very first exchanges started to improve the lives of primitive humans.

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