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blks 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Last gasps of the rent seeking class?

That’s just one way of becoming a monopoly.

Is it a free market if there’s antimonopoly agency?

sph 4 months ago [–]

Government lobbying is just one way to put a hand on the scale of the market. Legislation, incentives favouring unprofitable endeavours, etc.

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