> Its not really "dangerous" only because that wording implies another state of possible affairs that could be safer.

I generally use this phrase in the context of companies being willing to do anything to get back to being wildly profitable. And in that case, yes, there is quite a bit of danger towards basically everyone else.

Where is this thing called "Free Market"?

I was recently reminded that Milton Friedman -- profit, err, prophet of Freedom Markets™ -- actively eschewed empiricism.

It's not that these sages didn't understand. They refused. They actively rejected understanding.

Our epistemological crisis, where we don't even have a shared reality, has ancient roots.

Competition from Facebook and now Amazon ad businesses eating away at profit margins