• @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1614 hours ago

    Price = Cost of Materials + (Middle Man + Middle Man + Middle Man + Middle Man + Middle Man + Middle Man) + Cost of Labor.

    It’s Econ 101

    • @drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 hours ago

      Nah, the cost of labor + materials + distribution is the minimum price of an item. The actual price in practice will be that price + whatever the manufacturer can get away with charging.

      What determines the premium they can get away with is whether or not alternative goods exist and whether or not the consumers are informed of them, motivated to seek them out, and capable of making the switch.