The Case for Higher Prices
Thanks mainly to Alan Greenspan, it's harder than ever to get customers to accept price hikes. But, argues entrepreneur Norm Brodsky, you're making a big mistake if you don't raise prices on a regular basis.
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Why It's Trending: In testimony, the controversial former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank told a Congressional committee that the government should require large banks to maintain higher capital reserves as a way of preventing another global financial crisis.
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