<story><title>Two Brothers Making Millions Off the Refugee Crisis in Scandinavia</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-norway-refugee-crisis-profiteers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kauffj</author><text>Many people seem to hold an intuition or belief that it is wrong to profit, or profit &amp;quot;excessively&amp;quot; when providing certain types of services, particularly related to &amp;quot;care&amp;quot;, survival, or necessities (e.g. &amp;quot;price gouging&amp;quot; laws).&lt;p&gt;I think this is misguided for (at least) two reasons:&lt;p&gt;1. Profit allows for the services to be sustainable, rather than charity-dependent.&lt;p&gt;2. The more profit, the stronger the incentive for entrepreneurs to enter the market and&amp;#x2F;or innovate.&lt;p&gt;Figuring out a way to profit and reduce the problems of refugees in any way is win&amp;#x2F;win for everyone.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>clarkmoody</author><text>&amp;gt; 2. The more profit, the stronger the incentive for entrepreneurs to enter the market and&amp;#x2F;or innovate.&lt;p&gt;3. The more entrepreneurs in the market, the tighter the margins will become, due to competition. The price for the service will fall as a result, and the companies will become more efficient.</text></comment>
<story><title>Two Brothers Making Millions Off the Refugee Crisis in Scandinavia</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-norway-refugee-crisis-profiteers/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kauffj</author><text>Many people seem to hold an intuition or belief that it is wrong to profit, or profit &amp;quot;excessively&amp;quot; when providing certain types of services, particularly related to &amp;quot;care&amp;quot;, survival, or necessities (e.g. &amp;quot;price gouging&amp;quot; laws).&lt;p&gt;I think this is misguided for (at least) two reasons:&lt;p&gt;1. Profit allows for the services to be sustainable, rather than charity-dependent.&lt;p&gt;2. The more profit, the stronger the incentive for entrepreneurs to enter the market and&amp;#x2F;or innovate.&lt;p&gt;Figuring out a way to profit and reduce the problems of refugees in any way is win&amp;#x2F;win for everyone.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lentil_soup</author><text>until because of the profit you are tempted to support the continuation of the problem</text></comment>