The Cry Bar in Nanking; Norm Entrepreneurs
From the
July 31 WORLD magazine:
One of the hottest bars in the Chinese city of Nanjing sports only a sofa, a few tables, and tissue paper - a lot of tissue paper. The AFP news service reports that the city’s first “cry bar,” where customers can sit and cry for $6 per hour, is growing in popularity. Owner Luo Jun says he opened the bar when clients of his last business said they often wanted to cry but didn’t know when or where it would be appropriate to do so.
I was just talking with my grad students yesterday about social norms and multiple equilibria. This is a great example of Norm Entrepreneurship. Mr. Jun saw an opportunity, and took it.
September 3rd, 2004 at 10:48 am
The Crying Bar
World Magazine: “One of the hottest bars in the Chinese city of Nanjing sports only a sofa, a few tables, and tissue paper - a lot of tissue paper. The AFP news service reports that the city’s first ‘cry bar,’…
September 5th, 2004 at 6:30 am
Cashing in on Crying
Eric Rasmusen has an interesting post about new “crying bars” on his blog: One of the hottest bars in the Chinese city of Nanjing sports only a sofa, a few tables, and tissue paper - a lot of tissue paper.