Re:Pandora papers: biggest leak of offshore data exposes fin...
by chiefalchemist on Sunday October 03, 2021 @02:32PM
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> How can we have free markets when we don't even know who owns what?
Good point, but take a number. We can't have free markets because most "regulation" is set up to favor some side or the other. There isn't even and fair competition. What we have is government sanctioned winners (and losers).
Before we get to who owns what, let's talk about how Uncle Sam can shamelessly put his thumb on the scale (read: bias and corruption) and too rarely be called out for doing so.
Good point, but take a number. We can't have free markets because most "regulation" is set up to favor some side or the other. There isn't even and fair competition. What we have is government sanctioned winners (and losers).
Before we get to who owns what, let's talk about how Uncle Sam can shamelessly put his thumb on the scale (read: bias and corruption) and too rarely be called out for doing so.