Tag: value

Does the Milk Get in the Bowl?

A few years ago, Costco redesigned the shape of its milk containers. The spout was larger and the container taller and skinnier, giving it a more cylindrical shape. They told customers the new shape allowed for easier, more efficient stocking and delivery, and was thus cost-effective. They could sell milk cheaper and with a better …

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Accurate Appraisal

A Picasso painting just sold for 179 million dollars.²  This is the highest sell price of any painting.  The painting was painted in 1955.  It features nude courtesans and is in his signature cubist style.  It is not something I would even allow on my house walls but it sold for 179 million. The Patriots …

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What Do We Really Value?

“Ichabod” Now that is a name for you!  You likely thought of the character Ichabod Crane in the fictional classic “The Legend of Sleepy Hallow” by Washington Irving.  He was a skinny schoolteacher who loved to gorge himself on food and was excessively superstitious. Yet the name is actually a Biblical name.  It is only …

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