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But hey, when you buy bottled water isn't fluoride what you're trying to avoid?
Imagine a whole string of products along these lines:
"Organic produce with pesticides"
"Large print books, we fit more on the page than anyone else!"
Remember the old joke about the Soviet Union producing "The world's largest microchip"?
I discovered the strange water on my second visit to Wegmans. By the way, I need to revise my last post about this super-supermarket. Upon further scrutiny, I can report that the prices are much lower than you will find in the competitors. It is truly a marvel of the modern world.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on July 11, 2004 at 04:30 AM in Economics | Permalink
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