Unless the software houses alter their prices, this is going to be hard to change.

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In many cases they can even alter the prices of products.

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But, he said, it was "entirely natural" for hotel prices to alter during the course of the season.

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Gas taxes or carbon prices intended to alter behavior only work by causing financial pain to force the demand response.

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In fact, the Achilles heel of any attempt to increase energy prices to a point necessary to alter consumer behavior is that this is exactly the type of policy that will face serious political opposition, and probably demise, every time.

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