"Everyone has a price" is a cynical and self-satisfying thing for people to say when things don't go their way in a negotiation. The reality is that most peopl

"Everyone has a price" is a cynical and self-satisfying thing for people to say when things don't go their way in a negotiation. The reality is that most people don't have a price, and that's why negotiating, leadership, and management are so challenging. This is well-understood in those areas of studies, but of course those areas of study often come in for mockery or disdain here on ol' HN. What people usually mean when they say this is "some people have a price, and those are the types of people I want to find right now."