People wore their best close to the doctors so as not to be
embarrassed/humiliated. They did not expect someone to expect to
inspect their underwear. If they did, they might have followed Jerry's
strategy.
On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 02:27:58PM +0100, GERALD LEVY wrote:
>
>
> Hi Michael P:
> =20
> Some mainstream economists might point to the problem of adaptive
> behavior: i.e. patients might learn that it was in their rational=20
> self-interest to go to the doctor's office in dirty underwear.
> =20
> In solidarity=2C Jerry
>
>
> > My grandmother worked in a doctor's office in the 30's. Her job included
> > inspecting patients' underwear to set the appropriate billing rate. =
> =
-- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/opeReceived on Tue Oct 6 17:27:33 2009
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