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		_uird on Sept 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FTC Accuses Drug Middlemen of Inflating Insulin Pr... the alternative to "the free market" is a planned economy.

maest on Sept 21, 2024 | [–]

This is what's called a "false dichotomy"

OutOfHere on Sept 20, 2024 | | [–]

Well, we have neither a free market nor a planned economy. We have a protected industry.

janalsncm on Sept 21, 2024 | [–]

“Free” market is a bad term. The options are regulated and unregulated. If you don’t regulate at all, you get monopolies and your market isn’t any more “free”.

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