" ... about the often-vilified middleman--someone who buys cheap, sells dear and does nothing to improve the product. Munger explains the economic function of arbitrage using a classic article about how prices emerged in a POW camp during World War II. "
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Middlemen, driving up costs for everyone for the last 2000 years.
Munger on Middlemen
" ... about the often-vilified middleman--someone who buys cheap, sells dear and does nothing to improve the product. Munger explains the economic function of arbitrage using a classic article about how prices emerged in a POW camp during World War II. "
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2008/10/munger_on_middl.htm...