Before brushing our teeth?
: In the best of all possible worlds, the government that is supposed to
: represent us (but only if we make sure it does) will develop interactive
: policies designed to prevent the excesses that can and do occur in a
: totally uncontrolled marketplace.
First, there's no such thing as an uncontrolled marketplace:
the buyers and sellers control it.
Second, ... aw, hell, I'm not going to give *another* mini-lesson
in public choice theory.
: Rules are not conceived out of a clear blue sky. They are the work of many
: thoughful -- and a few not so thoughtful -- individuals who take the many
: contingencies in the interactions produced by advances in our technologies
: into account in the preparation for such changes.
What makes them wiser than the participants in the marketplace?
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