Dutch auction the bid, and pays $10,000 for the car. Dutch auctions are a competitive alternative to a traditional auction, in which customers make bids of increasing value until nobody is willing to bid higher. Some financial commentators and some third-party auction sites use "Dutch auction" to refer to second-price auctions, which work differently from Dutch auctions. The United States Department of the Treasury, through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), raises funds for the U.S. Government using a Dutch auction. The FRBNY interacts with primary dealers, including large banks and broker-dealers who submit bids on behalf of themselves and
Mother Courage and Her Children including the effect of war on personal morals. "Mother Courage" has been compared to the popular musical, "Fiddler on the Roof". As Matthew Gurewitsch wrote in "The New York Sun", "Deep down, Mother Courage has a lot in common with Tevye the Milkman in "Fiddler on the Roof." Like him, she's a mother hen helpless to protect the brood." "Mother Courage" was the inspiration for Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer winning play "Ruined", written after Nottage spent time with Congolese women in Ugandan refugee camps. Sources consulted (English versions list) Mother Courage and Her Children Mother Courage and Her Children () is