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You're not subsidizing the markets far away. Price discrimination isn't subsidizing. The supplier is just able to extract the maximum price from each market.
by scarejunba 8y ago
You're not subsidizing the markets far away. Price discrimination isn't subsidizing. The supplier is just able to extract the maximum price from each market.
- nybble41 8y ago> The supplier is just able to extract the maximum price from each market. And they are able to do that because laws have been passed in their favor to legally bar other people from simply importing the exact same products from other markets where they are sold at much lower prices. Price discrimination isn't subsidizing, per se, but the scope for price discrimination is very limited in the absence of government support due to arbitrage. Governments interfering in the market to enable price discrimination is very much a form of subsidy, even if the money isn't passing through the government on its way to the supplier.
- scarejunba 8y agoI think I agree with this entirely.