Month: August 2011
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Treasuries are a Giffen good
A Giffen good is something that people buy more of as prices increase, seemingly working against standard supply-demand theories. They’re different from luxury goods, which have similar behavior; luxury goods are assumed to become more desirable as they become more expensive, since they are more status-providing. A Giffen good, however, is purchased more because as…
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