• CmdrShepard42English
    113 months ago
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    There’s no such thing as a free market unless you’re talking about places like Somolia where there is no government.

    • enkersEnglish
      83 months ago
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      That’s an unregulated market. It’s a bit counterintuitive, but an idealized free market would need to be free of price fixing and monopolization, and therefore requires regulation.

      That’s what all these invisible hand folk always get wrong.

      • Petter1English
        -13 months ago
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        I agree 😇 free market leads to one big monopoly which decides anything for anyone. Regulation is needed all the time, as we saw (and see) with Microsoft and now with Apple, Amazon, Google etc.

    • TelorandEnglish
      63 months ago
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      Free Market is to economics what The American Dream is to immigrants and citizens.

      Reality inevitably shines a harsh light on both.