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Re:Creative workers deserve better than a choice as to who r... by bostik on Saturday June 22, 2024 @01:02PM (#40760443)
> more than the market says it's worth.

If you control the market, and have a direct way of influencing what the law considers the market, that is by definition not a competitive (and/or mostly free) market.

The name for this scenario is known as "Hobson's Choice"[0].

Also, the word for a market where you have only a couple of buyers (all colluding with each other) is called a monopsony.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobson%27s_choice

Re:Creative workers deserve better than a choice as to who r... by Jensson on Sunday June 23, 2024 @01:50AM (#40765074)
There are billions of buyers, just that most of them don't want to pay that much.