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Re:Hyundai suspending two US suppliers because of child labor by Dylan16807 on Saturday October 22, 2022 @02:45PM (#33300928)
I don't know why you got downvoted for that.

Fair competition is the ideal state for a market to be in, but a free market is about unrestricted competition and that can easily turn into monopolies or cabals.

Re:Hyundai suspending two US suppliers because of child labor by phpisthebest on Saturday October 22, 2022 @03:53PM (#33301554)
Ok then, highlight all the times where a market has resulted in a monopoly with out underling government regulations limiting the ability of new entrants to the market.
Re:Hyundai suspending two US suppliers because of child labor by beiller on Saturday October 22, 2022 @06:12PM (#33302682)
I do believe government intervention has many unintended consequences but I'll take a stab at this. How about google search?
Re:Hyundai suspending two US suppliers because of child labor by phpisthebest on Sunday October 23, 2022 @08:50AM (#33306561)
That was the obvious rebuttable, and to be honest I have a hard time countering that however the obvious statement is search really a market since it is a "free" product. One has to ask what is the actual market, is it the search engine or the advertising that pays for the search? Google while dominate is not a monopoly for Online Ads, so while they command a 90-95% market share in "online searches" that is not the product they sell so traditional market dynamics are not at play so I am hard pressed to call online search a "free market" given nothing it being sold, what is being sold is the ad space on google search.