Marginal Revolution: Basket Case

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Basket Case

Just in case you forgot the Census Bureau wants to reminds you that this is "Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month." Why? Because "supermarkets play a big role in everyday life."

Thanks to Jeff Smith for the pointer.

Posted by Alex Tabarrok on February 11, 2007 at 07:03 AM in Economics | Permalink

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According to this page, February is also the month we celebrate cherries, grapefruit, embroideries, snack foods, bird feeding, responsible pet owners, international friendships, children's dental health, heart disease, American history, and black history.

Posted by: Hei Lun Chan at Feb 11, 2007 8:26:01 AM

When I began listening to the audio on that Census page, it turned out to be an Authoritative Male Voice reading the text that appeared onscreen. ("Here come the New Media, same as the Old Media...") But then they diverged: the voiceover says there are over 66,000 supermarkets, while the onscreen text lops off a zero and gives us a figure of 6,600.

I think the latter figure would suggest that there are, perhaps, a grand total of two supermarkets in the entire state of Wyoming. While this would explain a great deal of what happens inside the Beltway, sometimes a typo is just a typo.

Posted by: Jen at Feb 11, 2007 11:43:10 AM

Well, all I can say is that if everyday isn't "return your shopping cart day" for you, you (and I mean the generic you even though it covers like 75% of the population) are a first class a-hole. It would take you all of about 30 seconds to put your shopping cart in one of the return areas where it won't ding someone else's car.

Posted by: Brad Hutchings at Feb 11, 2007 3:36:39 PM

I assume they're more addressing the urban neighborhood practice of wheeling the cart all the way home. Which makes February a pretty inopportune month for this. October might be a better call.

Posted by: mkl at Feb 12, 2007 11:14:52 AM

"Well, all I can say is that if everyday isn't 'return your shopping cart day' for you, you are a first class a-hole."

Except if I leave my shopping cart out, it will force grocery stores to hire more people to put the shopping carts back, reducing unemployment. I'm pretty sure that's how the economy works.

(it's sad that this kind of reasoning actually gets implemented into policy. See: New Jersey's mandetory law prohibiting you from pumping your own gasoline.)

Posted by: Chris at Feb 12, 2007 11:42:11 AM

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