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Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals by marcosdumay on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @02:47PM (#42321283)
The amount of things the "law" of supply and demand predicts is literally zero.
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Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals by WalterBright on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @05:40PM (#42322856)
You obey it yourself. Have you ever bought anything that was on sale? Have you ever negotiated a price?
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Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals by marcosdumay on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @05:58PM (#42322979)
A "law" that predicts nothing? Yeah, pretty sure I obey it exactly.

Supply and demand is a framework you can use to write your hypothesis in. It's not a law that predicts things.

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Re:Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals by WalterBright on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @09:45PM (#42324282)
The reason collectivism fails every time is because they believe that the LoS&D does not exist.
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