Silly Little Country

Markets in Everything

Stealing a theme from Marginal Revolution, and via Norm, here is a lovely market niche.

But isn't it problematic if an organization decides to rent protestors instead of using their own, politically committed activists? "Each organization has to decide that for itself," the Erento spokesperson said, explaining that the new category was added to the Web site as a result of a series of enquiries by organizations seeking protestors.

However the free market has not entirely overcome political principle. The demonstrators say they are not available for just any kind of protest. Those involving neo-Nazis or promoting discrimination, for example, are out of the question. "The demonstrators have to decide for themselves what kind of protests they are willing to participate in," the spokesperson said. "One person might be in favor of health care reforms, while another might be against them."

Perhaps if you hired these 'attractive' people you could avoid having your cause associated with pictures like this one.

posted by Alan Adamson @ 7:45 AM