Rational decisions in the UK

[dsrtao]

There exists at least one case of an industry self-regulating itself appropriately: the UK Advertising Standards Authority. Here's a recent case:

http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/adjudications/Public/TF_ADJ_44177.htm

Of course, the ASA appears to be an exception, not the rule...

Comments

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

This is a pattern that I see in many other places as well. Most close to home for me is in videogaming. There are no fewer hardcore gamers, numerically, than there used to be, and possibly even more. But their percentage of the market has shrunk drastically in the wake of gaming becoming more mainstream.