Ode to the Middleman
You hear them daily: advertising pitchmen exclaiming on radio and TV that this jewelry store or that furniture retailer "saves you money by bypassing the middleman!" Seems sensible, doesn't it? But if middlemen only raise retailers' costs, why does anyone ever use such parasites to begin with?
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