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Markets in everything - restaurant edition
It's surprisingly easy and cheap to bribe you way into some of the best restaurants in the United States. Thanks to Kottke.org for the link.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on April 11, 2004 at 11:11 PM in Economics | Permalink
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