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Everybody Coffins
Caterina reports:
Everybody Coffins produces coffins that are easy to assemble without tools, IKEA-style, and ship flat easily. They've built them for emergencies, but I think they will probably see another big market from people who want economical coffins, unlike those gilt mahogany extravaganzas that funeral homes try to push upon the bereaved.
Don't think the lower-middle class is being denied the benefits of economic growth.
If you prefer a more modern look, here are coffins designed to look like sleek cocoon-like pods, made out of soy and jute. They decompose in fifteen years.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on August 29, 2006 at 05:58 AM in Economics | Permalink
Comments
Ick.
Posted by: A Tykhyy at Aug 29, 2006 10:03:08 AM
So if someone who previously drove a Mercedes downgraded to a Saturn, this would be a benefit of economic growth?
And yes, I do understand the benefits of increased choice sets.
Posted by: Commenterlein at Aug 29, 2006 10:06:52 AM
As per the requirements of Jewish religious law, my grandfather was buried in a coffin even less ornate than the Everybody Coffin.
Posted by: Ted at Aug 29, 2006 12:25:14 PM
No, if someone who previously could not afford a Mercedes, now is able to buy a Saturn. That would be a benefit of economic growth and choice.
Posted by: Azer at Aug 29, 2006 1:44:16 PM
I understand the economical compromise that these coffins provide but where can we put a value on the cost of burial. I agree with the Azer post in which it is a matter of economic growth and depends solely on the familys choice of burial and their compromise with prices.
Posted by: Jake at Aug 30, 2006 12:36:25 AM
It is smart of the company to find where there is such a
demand and meet it, I think that it a very good idea
because of the high price when a relative dies it will be
nice to have a break somewhere
Posted by: Danny at Aug 30, 2006 10:08:24 PM
When I die, I want my heirs to have my possessions. I earned the money I intend to leave to them. it's effectively a tax on me to force my heirs to buy, out of the money I leave them, a coffin one penny more expensive than necessary.
In fact, I have already told them I want them to dispose of me in the cheapest clean, halfway respectful manner they can think of.
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Posted by: levan at Sep 12, 2006 4:10:19 AM
We are taking about the last thing your family will be viewing you in. Funerals are for the living, not the dead. Coffins were used in the 1800s anyway, today we call them caskets, and if you want an "everbody coffin" just save your money even more and go to Home Depot and make one yourself. I belive there used to be around 300 casket companies back in the day, and now there are like 3 big ones left. If the market was only pine boxes...they would be making pine boxes.
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