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The “give more” rule, targeted charity and regulation of bread prices. Oleg Makarenko Posting in CHAT: Russia 1. At the School of Capitalism, I tell you why the esoteric rule “give more” has become popular and why it does not work in real life. I quote the article (link): ...According to a popular myth, our world is a good casino - it is designed like a slot machine, set up for constant winning. If you put 100 chips into a regular slot machine, you will get, for example, 80 chips - that is, if the casino owner doesn't cheat customers too much. However, if you give 100 tokens to the “Universe” (a fashionable esoteric term), then the generous “Universe” will return 150-200 tokens to you as profit, that is, more than you invested. Entrepreneurs told me the following stories in the first person: A. The entrepreneur does not have enough money, everything is bad. There are no sales, there are lawsuits, loans have to be paid, the prospects are the gloomiest.B. An entrepreneur spends his last $100,000 on charity or gives it away to friends in need. Magic happens and everything magically improves: for example, an entrepreneur unexpectedly terminates a huge contract and solves all his problems with a down payment. In some books on the shelves of business literature, this method has a powerful esoteric basis... 2. Since many will want to misinterpret the previous paragraphs, let me remind you that literally every medium and large entrepreneur consciously distributes; -profitable projects that he considers useful for society. When I write “literally all”, I mean “10 out of 10 entrepreneurs”. If there are entrepreneurs in Russia who do not spend money on various types of charity, then I have not heard anything about them. I quote (link): At the end of 2023, the majority of clients involved in charity did not reduce the size of their donations and did so regularly, preferring to provide assistance directly. The most popular areas of donations are assistance to socially vulnerable segments of the population. This is stated in a new study by Frank RG and Sber Private Banking, a division of Sber that serves private clients with assets of 100 million rubles or more. During the study, specialists from 16 non-profit organizations (NPOs) working in the field of charity were interviewed, abstract studies were conducted with the participation of 33 NPOs, 1299 respondents of different income levels were interviewed, of which 216 respondents were wealthy banking institutions. clients, 192 of them are philanthropists, and analyzed data on charity expenses of clients of Sberbank and Gazprombank. The study showed that the majority of philanthropists prefer to help those in need in a direct, targeted way. In particular, 60 percent of respondents answered this way. Another 53 percent said they donate to a foundation or shelter, and 28 percent participate in charity events or events. The desire to solve a specific problem is the main motivation that encourages both wealthy philanthropists and ordinary citizens to become donors (more than 50 percent of respondents). Public opinion is also an important factor in participation in charitable projects: 21 percent of respondents became philanthropists because it is socially approved behavior (among rich donors this percentage reaches 25 percent) and another 16 percent because “it’s customary” (among rich donors - 17 percent). Among owners of large capital, the answer “to inspire yourself and others” was also popular. 56 percent of philanthropists surveyed increased donations among wealthy bank clients in 2023, their share amounted to 71 percent; The vast majority of respondents are systematically involved in the issue of charity - 45 percent of respondents reported that they make donations at least three times a month, another 30 percent - once a month. Survey participants named assistance to socially vulnerable segments of the population as the most popular area of ​​donation. The share of NGOs providing assistance to this category of people in need is 59 percent. Wealthy philanthropists also help socially disadvantaged groups (59 percent of donations). A third of donations in this category are aimed at helping children, mainly to pay for treatment and other medical care. Another trend is a noticeable increase in donations for the restoration of territories after crises. Among Russians it increased from 8.2 to 21.2 percent, among rich citizens - from 15 to 23 percent. 3. Factories that bake bread are in a special situation. In a sense, they are engaged in charity work on a full-time basis. The Ministry of Agriculture requires bakers to continue to keep prices low even with rising production costs (link): The department decided to fight the rising cost of a socially significant product after its cost in Moscow, the Moscow region, and St. Petersburg. In St. Petersburg, the Leningrad region, the Sverdlovsk and Kemerovo regions, prices rose by almost 30 percent, which made bread one of the main drivers of inflation. Executive Director of the National Union of Bakers Rustam Aydiev noted that manufacturers raised selling prices by 10-15 percent due to increased logistics costs. The cost of delivery is up to 30 percent of the cost of the product, while, as another interlocutor of the publication notes, it is growing noticeably faster than the price of raw materials for baking. The President of the Russian Union of Bakers, Dmitry Semenov, explained that at the beginning of 2024, the cost of a Gazelle vehicle for bread delivery increased to 3.4 million rubles, which is twice as high as a year ago. General Director of BKK Kolomensky Dmitry Kozlov added that one flight of a Gazelle, carrying 360-450 trays of bread, costs 12.5 thousand rubles, although at the beginning of last year it was necessary to pay only 7.5 thousand. The rising cost of food delivery is affected by the situation with drivers. Their wages have increased by an average of 30 percent, but the labor shortage remains around 15 percent. Business representatives during the meeting drew attention to the problem, but in their comments they doubted that the Ministry of Agriculture would be able to solve the problem of rising fuel prices and a shortage of personnel, without which transport cannot become cheaper. According to Semenov, part of the problem of rising bread prices can be solved by returning subsidies to bakers that were in effect until 2022. However, such a measure will require additional expenditures from the budget, which already has a deficit. Let me note that the times of Lenin’s devastation and Stalin’s famine have long been high in calories for everyone; It is no longer useful to damage the economy by artificially lowering bread supply, including because it is far from the healthiest food. Oleg Makarenkohttps://dzen.ru Source link Source link