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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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Fortunately, the rise of the Internet, and specifically Internet marketplace models, act as accelerants to the productivity benefits of the division of labour AND comparative advantage by reducing information asymmetry and increasing the likelihood of a perfect match with regard to the exchange of goods or services.

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Customers Love Free Stuff … But That’s Not Your Problem

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Investment banks simply do not match supply and demand. Electronic order matching systems that match all supply and demand for securities to determine a fair market price have been used in our financial markets since the early 1980s (approaching 40 years). Both the members of Party B and Party C work on 30-40 IPOs per year.

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