Algorithmic tacit collusion
post by Stefan_Schubert · 2017-05-07T14:57:46.639Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 2 commentsThis is a link post for http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21721648-trustbusters-might-have-fight-algorithms-algorithms-price-bots-can-collude
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comment by Dagon · 2017-05-07T15:13:27.576Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Not bad (the text, not the headline), but not up to the reporting and analysis standards I expect from The Economist. This has very little to do with algorithmic pricing and a lot to do with reduced number of competitors.
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