Alberto Cottica on Nostr: 1/ The ever-brilliant Cory Doctorow calls our attention to the fact that, in the US ...

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The ever-brilliant Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) calls our attention to the fact that, in the US of A, three companies control the market for school lunch payments, and they hit poor families with junk fees that go up to 60% of what families pay.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/26/taanstafl/#stay-hungry

Now, some of you might have seen newer economics papers refer to something called “mode of provisioning”. The concept is not very intuitive, but – I believe – the story of school lunch payments is great to explain it.