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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
There are some relief organizations in Africa who sell mosquito netting for beds to families for $1. They have found that when they give the netting away for free that it goes unused or uncared for and the rates of malaria are unaffected. When a family has to pay $1 the nets are used and cared for and the rates of malaria in the area greatly decrease.
There is something about buying a good that makes people more likely to care for it.
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very true. Opposite mindset: crackhead file collectors with billions of downloads and no more than a quick first glance at the content of each...