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minus-squarewithabeard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down20·10 months ago“what someone is willing to pay” Sounds pretty fair market price to me.
minus-squaregrilledcheesecowboy@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·10 months agoThat’s really only true if the good that’s being purchased is necessary to live.
minus-squareZeppo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agoI think it’s somewhat the opposite. Being forced to pay an extortionate price because otherwise you will be homeless, lose your possession, live on the street, beg friends or family for help, or live in a homeless shelter, isn’t a free market.
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoOh it’s a free market alright. It’s not fair, but it is free.
minus-squareFaeDrifter@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoYou could use that reasoning to justify that anything is a free market. The government is free to pass laws, the people are free to overthrow it.
minus-squareZeppo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoKind of. It’s artificially inflated by private parties lobbying and achieving regulatory capture to manipulate the market by constricting supply.
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“what someone is willing to pay”
Sounds pretty fair market price to me.
That’s really only true if the good that’s being purchased is necessary to live.
I think it’s somewhat the opposite. Being forced to pay an extortionate price because otherwise you will be homeless, lose your possession, live on the street, beg friends or family for help, or live in a homeless shelter, isn’t a free market.
Oh it’s a free market alright.
It’s not fair, but it is free.
You could use that reasoning to justify that anything is a free market. The government is free to pass laws, the people are free to overthrow it.
Kind of. It’s artificially inflated by private parties lobbying and achieving regulatory capture to manipulate the market by constricting supply.
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