"The amount of economic
illiteracy in France is simply staggering. (...)
"France’s culture minister has attacked Amazon, the online retailer, for deliberately undercutting traditional rivals to create a “quasi-monopoly”, in the latest assault by the socialist government on internet companies. “Today, everyone has had enough of Amazon which, through dumping practices, smashes prices to penetrate markets to then raise prices again once they are in a situation of quasi-monopoly,” said Aurélie Filippetti, the culture minister." (...)
"France’s culture minister has attacked Amazon, the online retailer, for deliberately undercutting traditional rivals to create a “quasi-monopoly”, in the latest assault by the socialist government on internet companies. “Today, everyone has had enough of Amazon which, through dumping practices, smashes prices to penetrate markets to then raise prices again once they are in a situation of quasi-monopoly,” said Aurélie Filippetti, the culture minister." (...)
If the goal is to get people to read books, logic
would dictate the cheaper the price the better. Kindle, Nook, and other eBook
readers come to mind.
What good would banning free shipping do? Amazon could
easily up shipping charges and lower the price of the book and get the same
result. Of course, France would then want to dictate the price of books as
well, all in the name of "preserving culture." "
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