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Re:The lessons from America’s astonishing economic record by EduardoBautista on Sunday April 16, 2023 @08:06PM (#35595324)
Plenty of underdeveloped countries are free markets as well.

China is attempting to show that not even democracy is needed to be prosperous.

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Re:The lessons from America’s astonishing economic record by __pache__ on Sunday April 16, 2023 @08:20PM (#35595407)
"underdeveloped" .... yeah ...

If you can start a store in a great market, with police, judicial system, little corruption, etc etc etc etc .. why wouldn't you?

Why are stores closing in SF and Chiraq?

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Re:The lessons from America’s astonishing economic record by roflyear on Sunday April 16, 2023 @11:00PM (#35596406)
What?
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Re:The lessons from America’s astonishing economic record by __pache__ on Monday April 17, 2023 @03:37PM (#35605462)
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Re:The lessons from America’s astonishing economic record by ETH_start on Sunday April 16, 2023 @08:44PM (#35595554)
>>Plenty of underdeveloped countries are free markets as well.

All less developed free market economies have been free markets since relatively recently.

The wealthiest economies are generally those that adopted market based rules the earliest, e.g. the Anglosphere and North West Europe, which were free market based since the 19th century.

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Re:The lessons from America’s astonishing economic record by WalterBright on Sunday April 16, 2023 @09:29PM (#35595841)
> Plenty of underdeveloped countries are free markets as well.

Example?

And you're right that democracy is not a requirement for free markets, though they usually go together.

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Re:The lessons from America’s astonishing economic record by friend_and_foe on Monday April 17, 2023 @02:48AM (#35597491)
Somalia and Yemen are about as free market as it gets.
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