John Navas wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:37:37 -0500, News <News@Group.name> wrote in
> <x4GdnR-78p_siRjanZ2dnUVZ_trinZ2d@speakeasy.net>:
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>>Mark McIntyre wrote:
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>>>The reality is that the upfront cash rule
>>>sets a barrier to participation and allows those who /are/ in to pay
>>>less as there's less competition.
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>>While making it appear to conform to institutional "free market" policy.
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> In fact it does conform to free market economics.
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No. It circumvents game theory by immediately pruning those who would
later form teams.