Quantcast

Saturday May 18, 2013 3:10 am  

Capitalism hasn’t caught up with Robie runners (access required)

by Sean Olson

Published: May 1,2012

Tags: black market, Craigslist, Robie Creek, running

Any economist has the same advice: When the market creates an opportunity, take it. It's a philosophy runners in Boise, apparently, have little use for. Hence the remarkably unexploited "black market" surrounding Robie Creek race numbers -- a commodity in short supply and incredibly high demand. As individual numbers for runners changed hands before the April 21 race, ...
[Print] [Email] [RSS Feed] [del.icio.us] [Facebook] [linkedin] [Twitter]



Subscribers get free access to our whitepaper library. Recent topics include:

  • Temporary Solution: An employer's guide to contingent workers
  • Big Ideas for Small Business: Social media marketing strategies

Try us for 30 days and see!

Already a subscriber? Claim your Whitepapers here.

Comments are closed.

RSS Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

MARKETPLACE

Collaboration is happening in Boise

By Kevin Learned

Last month, the Idaho Business Review published an opinion piece by my friend, Marc Johnson, about the Greater Boise Auditorium District. With the upcoming election for seats on the district board, and with a renewed focus on the potential use of the district’s cash reserves and ongoing resources, it’s a good time to be talking [...]

COUNTERPOINT

Beware of English-only rules

By Barry Rosen and Charles Bacharach

The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced last year that Delano Regional Medical Center, an acute-care hospital in California’s San Joaquin Valley, agreed to pay $975,000 to settle a class action national origin discrimination lawsuit brought on behalf of a class of approximately 70 Filipino-American hospital workers. The employees alleged that the hospital’s English-only rule [...]