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Can customer reviews on Google, Amazon, Walmart, Target, and other sites replace the need for some government regulations?

Platform Ratings as Informal Regulation

Today, consumers can get tremendous volumes of information about the products they want to buy, thanks to online reviews. Could customer reviews reduce the need for government regulation? What are the economic effects of the myriad of online reviews out there for every good and service?...
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Affordability

Saddique Ansari • January 28, 2020 • 1 min read

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Affordability of housing

The Halifax housing affordability index shows the changing burden of mortgage repayments as a percentage of disposable income – income less income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs).

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Over the past two decades, our electronic entertainment has evolved from individual unit purchases to monthly streaming subscriptions. Why has this system evolved, and will it remain popular for the next two decades?...
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