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Re:The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest... by hackeraccount on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @09:52PM (#18499833)
Regulations increase the value of goods and services by creating predictability. Competition reduces the cost of goods.
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Re:The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest... by cutler on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:14PM (#18499906)
So spake Adam Smith. Sorry but the Invisible Hand is a fairy tale.
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Re:The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest... by pcwalton on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @11:05PM (#18500083)
You know who disagrees with you on that? Karl Marx.
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Re:The Homeless Crisis Is Getting Worse in America’s Richest... by cutler on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @05:48PM (#18506718)
Marx believed that capitalism tends to self-destruct which is diametrically opposite to Adam Smith's belief in capitalism's self-correcting Invisible Hand. I don't get where you're coming from.
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