This distinction between visible demand and durable demand feels increasingly important in commerce specifically. A lot of modern marketplace economics were built around maximizing visible demand, even when the underlying competition structure was quietly destroying durability underneath through visibility wars, subsidy loops, and margin compression.
The interesting question may not just be whether demand survives pressure, but whether the market structure itself amplifies or absorbs that pressure once demand appears.
Excellent point! The Market structure itself is a marker that is often missed and is showing as increasingly important in today fast changing environments.
This distinction between visible demand and durable demand feels increasingly important in commerce specifically. A lot of modern marketplace economics were built around maximizing visible demand, even when the underlying competition structure was quietly destroying durability underneath through visibility wars, subsidy loops, and margin compression.
The interesting question may not just be whether demand survives pressure, but whether the market structure itself amplifies or absorbs that pressure once demand appears.
Excellent point! The Market structure itself is a marker that is often missed and is showing as increasingly important in today fast changing environments.