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Submitted by Jack Winnett (Israel), Aug 31, 2006 at 10:35
Your article comparing the cost per passenger of airport security apparently ignores "economies of scale".
It would be interesting to hear what professional economists think of this.
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Economies of scale apply to industrial goods, not to hiring screeners to ask nosey questions.
| Title | By | Date |
| Problems in Italy [143 words] | Paolo di lautreamont | Nov 29, 2006 13:34 |
| Security at Tel Aviv [34 words] | Allen Higginbotham | Aug 31, 2006 13:55 |
| both necessary and useless [44 words] | em | Aug 31, 2006 13:31 |
| ⇒ Airport Security [w/response] [27 words] | Jack Winnett | Aug 31, 2006 10:35 |
| ↔ Correction [21 words] | Yehuda Kleiner | Sep 1, 2006 13:10 |
| ↔ Economies of Scale [w/response] [56 words] | Jack Winnett | Sep 2, 2006 14:29 |
| ↔ Airport Security [42 words] | Jack Winnett | Sep 3, 2006 12:55 |