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Re:Walmart Whistle-Blower Claims Cheating in Race with Amazon by legitster on Thursday March 15, 2018 @04:35PM (#16596301)
> Markets left to their own accord incentivize dishonesty and manipulation.

That is not the takeaway from this. The enemy of a corrupt, shady organization is an open and transparent market with lots of consumer options and stock researchers drilling deep into their numbers.

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Re:Walmart Whistle-Blower Claims Cheating in Race with Amazon by kimdcmason on Thursday March 15, 2018 @04:41PM (#16596368)
Sounds sensible, but how does one ensure that the "lots of consumer options" part holds? There seem to be quite a few sectors with winner-take-all dynamics (e.g. social networking), and quite a few other sectors that under many conditions tend toward oligopoly or monopoly (e.g. insurance, banking, credit history reporting).
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