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Comments on: On the proliferation of confusing labels http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/03/31/on-the-proliferation-of-confusing-labels/ The Visible Hand in Economics Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:40:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Christina Viering http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/03/31/on-the-proliferation-of-confusing-labels/#comment-18638 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:40:40 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3447#comment-18638 Labels really are not confusing.

]]> By: Nigel Kearney http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/03/31/on-the-proliferation-of-confusing-labels/#comment-18617 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:52:28 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3447#comment-18617 Two problems with this:

1. The regulator doesn’t know the cost. If regulators could accurately work these things out, we wouldn’t need markets at all.

2. Politicians are the lowest form of life and so need to get credit for environmental measures. They don’t get that if consumers don’t see the effect. That is why they prefer things involving labels.

]]> By: Topics about Climate » Archive » On the proliferation of confusing labels http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/03/31/on-the-proliferation-of-confusing-labels/#comment-18590 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:34:25 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3447#comment-18590 […] China Economic Review – Daily Briefs placed an observative post today on On the proliferation of confusing labelsHere’s a quick excerptRather than asking each consumer to act as a climate scientist when wandering through Costco, the climate change community is trying to let… […]

]]> By: Grant http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2009/03/31/on-the-proliferation-of-confusing-labels/#comment-18588 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:06:07 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=3447#comment-18588 The cynic in me says that voluntary standards and labeling are being deliberately proliferated so that the consumer is overwhelmed, stops using the label and instead relies on the branding! Its much easier to sell a brand than information

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