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Mustache markets in everything
…not all mustaches are created equal, and in recent years, increasing numbers of Middle Eastern men have been going under the knife to attain the perfect specimen.
Turkish plastic surgeon Selahattin Tulunay says the number of mustache implants he performs has boomed in the last few years. He now performs 50-60 of the procedures a month, on patients who hail mostly from the Middle East and travel to Turkey as medical tourists.
He said his patients generally want thick mustaches as they felt they would make them look mature and dignified.
“For some men who look young and junior, they think (a mustache) is a must to look senior … more professional and wise,” he said. “They think it is prestigious.”
Here is more and for the pointer I thank Michael Wellhouse. And to overcome the shortage of collateral:
Men swore on their mustaches in sayings and folk tales, used them as collateral for loans and guarantees for promises, and sometimes even shaved their opponents’ lips as a punishment.
The culture that is Beverly Hills, vending machine markets in everything
Beverly Hills Caviar has unveiled its first touch-screen vending machine at the Burbank Towne Center, offering “a large selection of the world’s finest selection of caviar, truffles, escargot, bottarga, blinis, oils, Mother of Pearl plates and spoons, gift boxes and gourmet salts.”
Prices range from under $50 up to $500, KNX 1070’s Vytas Safroncikas reports.
Here is more, courtesy of Mark Thorson and also Daniel Lippman.
Addendum: Corrected link here.
Gaolbalization offshoring markets in everything the culture that is Dutch (Belgian)
Belgium and the Netherlands have an interesting arrangement, an example of economics and incentives working clearly in the public law field. Belgium has more convicts than it can accommodate in its prisons. Neighboring Netherlands has the opposite problem: not enough prisoners. Several years ago, it was facing having to shutter some facilities. But then the two countries made a deal: Belgium rents space for its inmates in Dutch jails, patrolled by Dutch corrections guards. (Perhaps the Flemish hope they can be “transferred” to Dutch custody as well, or at least out of Belgium.)
Here is more, from Eugene Kontorovich, pointer from the estimable Chug.
Florida markets in everything
The airsoft don’t inflict serious damage but they do hurt. An explainer on the Combat City website explains, “There is a degree of pain associated with airsoft just like paintball. It is significantly less than paintball and without the swelling.”
A trip to Combat City costs about $150, which includes the cost of the gun modification.
And for added safety, participants are outfitted in a set of protective gear including helmets and padding over sensitive areas.
“There is supposed to be a degree of pain so that you do learn from it,” Kaplan said. “Someone’s trying to hurt you. You learn how to be as tactical as a civilian can be.”
All of the action takes place inside a former grocery store that has been modified into an indoor combat setting.
From there, customers are broken up into teams and take part in various games ranging from capture the flag to hostage simulations.
And in a move that may shock some, children are allowed to participate as well.
“We get ’em at all ages,” Kaplan said in a separate interview with Fox35, noting that one of the participants on the video was 8-years-old.
A disclaimer on the Combat City site says “all ages are welcome,” adding, ” We can not tell you what you or your child can handle. There are young kids playing at Combat City on a daily basis, only you can decide.”
Here is more, and for the pointer I thank Daniel Lippman.
Markets in everything the culture that is Japan
1. World’s First 3D Printing Photo Booth to Open in Japan, where you can have your portraits taken, except instead of a photograph, you’ll receive miniature replicas of yourselves. Three sizes and prices will be available, approximately 4 inches ($262), 6 inches ($400) and 8 inches high ($525).
That is from Mark Perry, there is a bit more on London and New Jersey at the link.
Markets in everything, gifts for science geeks edition
Here is one example:
9. Klein Bottle
If you want to give a mathematician something to try to wrap their head around, a Klein bottle is a good place to start. A real Klein bottle is an object with no inside and no outside that can only exist in four dimensions. These glass models exist in three, which means that unlike the real thing, they can actually hold liquid.
The difference between the models and the real thing is that by adding an extra dimension, you can make it so that the neck of the bottle doesn’t actually intersect the side of the bottle. Take a couple aspirin and try to picture that in your head.
Price: $35
There are many others here. For the pointer I thank @induction_econ.
Markets in everything the culture that is Chicago
At Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s request, Walgreen Co. has agreed to provide $25 gift cards to parents who pick up their students’ report cards and participate in parent-teacher conferences during report card pickup days.
Here is more, courtesy of Peter Metrinko.
Rental markets in everything
FlightCar aims to put vehicles left in airport parking lots to use by offering them up for short-term loans.
Does this increase in the velocity of goods require a monetary policy offset? Here is more, hat tip goes to David Wessel.
Car wash quantity discounts markets in everything
Here’s an offer that a lot of drivers would have a tough time turning down: free sex after nine car washes. [TC: is that such a good offer?]
Police near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, cracked down last week after getting wind of the unique offer from the teaming of a car wash and a massage parlor in the suburb of Sunway Mentari, the Malay Mail reports.
Markets in everything
Remember “Murderer’s Park”? Wasn’t that Walter Block’s idea? Here is the summary of a new service:
It is Las Vegas’s latest thrill: absolute beginners flying aerobatic planes in aerial dogfights
The dogfighting sequences cost $999 and up, and the full story is here (FT$). Other links and ads for the service are here. I would have expected this first in New Zealand.
Catholic markets in everything not all magazines are folding
With exorcism booming in Poland, Roman Catholic priests have joined forces with a publisher to launch what they claim is the world’s first monthly magazine focused exclusively on chasing out the devil.
“The rise in the number or exorcists from four to more than 120 over the course of 15 years in Poland is telling,” Father Aleksander Posacki, a professor of philosophy, theology and leading demonologist and exorcist told reporters in Warsaw at the Monday launch of the Egzorcysta monthly.
Ironically, he attributed the rise in demonic possessions in what remains one of Europe’s most devoutly Catholic nations partly to the switch from atheist communism to free market capitalism in 1989.
“It’s indirectly due to changes in the system: capitalism creates more opportunities to do business in the area of occultism. Fortune telling has even been categorised as employment for taxation,” Posacki told AFP.
Ice cream shadow banking markets in everything
State banking officials want to put the freeze on the owner of an ice-cream parlor who opened a community-bank alternative that pays interest in the form of gift cards for ice cream, waffles and coffee.
Ethan Clay, 31 years old, opened Whalebone Café Bank seven months ago in his shop, Oh Yeah!, a year and a half after he was hit with $1,600 in overdraft fees from a local bank where his account was overdrawn by a series of checks.
Mr. Clay says he wants to offer an alternative banking experience, and has accepted small deposits and made small loans. He claims he isn’t subject to banking rules because his operation is a gift-card savings account.
“It’s a strange case, we don’t have the authority to go close an ice-cream store,” said Ed Novak, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Banking. “But we are going to do something. You can’t mess with people’s money.”
The article is here, here is Philip Wallach’s new paper (pdf) on whether we need a new Glass-Steagall.
Dutch markets in everything
The Netherlands is rolling out some 6,000 smart garbage cans that can only be used when residents scan an RFID-enabled ID card. Besides monitoring just how much trash someone disposes of, the cans will also measure and charge the user based on how much refuse they tossed.
Here is more. Can they join the Pigou Club? Not so clear. Still, oddly enough, I don’t think this will do much to encourage littering or illegal garbage disposal. It may encourage the purchase of less packaging and waste.
For the pointer I thank @ModeledBehavior.
Advertising markets in everything
Ally Bank’s new ad campaign highlights their commitment to customers. Watch “Predictions,” one of the first ads from this series, below. It features Nobel Prize-winning economist Thomas Sargent–bonus!
The video is here, Sargent is central to it, it is full of economic content, and for the pointer I thank Jonathan Falk. I guess Sargent doesn’t think Fed commitments are credible!
Welsh markets in everything
There was a time when the best you could hope for from prison food might be cold porridge.
But all that is set to change when a bizarre new restaurant opens next month – inside a Welsh prison.
The Clink Cymru, at Cardiff Prison, is the brainchild of award-winning chef Alberto Crisci, who has worked at Marco Pierre White’s Mirabelle Restaurant in Mayfair, London.
All the dishes will be cooked and served by criminals but Crisci insists it is “no gimmick”.
The story is here, hat tip goes to Yana.