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КОМЕНТАРІ • 20

  • @orlandotaxattorney
    @orlandotaxattorney 9 років тому +2

    Great presentation I fully understand it.

  •  12 років тому +2

    Sal, you should make some videos about subsidies

  • @XxHamletJacobsXx2022
    @XxHamletJacobsXx2022 12 років тому +2

    God bless you Khan!!!

  • @khanacademy
    @khanacademy  12 років тому +4

    @MCBLee give me 2 months :)

  • @jameswood7207
    @jameswood7207 9 років тому +1

    Very helpful thanks

  • @sprengmaster8607
    @sprengmaster8607 5 років тому

    I agree that taxing medical supplies is dangerous. In the real world there is a bigger problem regarding the amount charged not by the government via tax, but by monopoles from producers with the epipen being just one example. It is way overpriced and that is done with full conciousness, because there are no substitutes to regulate the market.

  • @cheydinal5401
    @cheydinal5401 6 років тому +2

    I don't get why the pharma company would price insulin af 75$ if they could easily make 30% more by demanding 100$. The price is perfectly inelastic, so why would they choose the "equilibrium" if increasing the price does nothing but increase profits, while not decreasing demand?

    • @soulreaperichig0
      @soulreaperichig0 6 років тому +4

      In the real world there is competition so it checks overpricing.

    • @cheydinal5401
      @cheydinal5401 6 років тому +1

      Mr.Sceptic Oh, oops, forgot about that :D

    • @Nemesis190292
      @Nemesis190292 4 роки тому

      They cant choose the price that they want because there is a clear intersection between demand and supply curve. If they produce less then the demand is not filled and let the space available for the fill of another company.
      If they produce more then the surplus is not selled and then reduce the revenue.
      The only way of increase the revenue is in a monopoly market because they are price makers and there isnt a specific demand quantity.

    • @cheydinal5401
      @cheydinal5401 3 роки тому

      @@Nemesis190292 Right, I think if there was somehow perfect competition in a completely inelastic market, then you'd see that equilibrium price, with a monopoly you see an infinite price (of course that's why IRL demand is never completely inelastic). I think pharma tends to be an oligopoly, so only a few companies compete, which tends to mean that with completely inelastic demand, they settle for some arbitrarily high price, and if then one competitor increases prices himself, and the others don't follow suit, he sells 0

  • @domenicolaudiero46
    @domenicolaudiero46 6 років тому

    when the tax burden is totally carried by the consumer it is easier for the market to evade taxes, right? the supplier could ask the consumer to avoid tax payment by paying a lower price (read tax evasion for private doctors). So, how to (economically) motivate consumers to pay more but legally apart from eventual criminilazation and risk of penalties? Should goods with inelastic demand be taxed less in general? Is there a way to consider elasticity of demand when applying a tax?
    Thanks to who is able to answer!

  • @kvn89
    @kvn89 12 років тому

    is there a playlist for all these micro vids?

  • @history797
    @history797 12 років тому

    WOW BRO TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS VIDEO AT HOME IN TORONTO

  • @shazneenossen4352
    @shazneenossen4352 10 місяців тому

    what would be the deadweight loss for this

  • @Max15tz
    @Max15tz 7 років тому +4

    if this didnt exist i would be up shit creek with my econ exam

  • @Rups51
    @Rups51 2 роки тому

    3:35

  • @newfydude13
    @newfydude13 12 років тому

    Thanks Sal :)

  • @Anonymous_Pers0n
    @Anonymous_Pers0n 9 років тому

    love the colours :)

  • @killermurgi5642
    @killermurgi5642 5 років тому

    In physics, bricks are very elastic. Physics defines elasticity very differently