Be ready to ask questions and then let others talk

He never explained his....

Then keep asking questions

In fact rye just insulted me

Atleast paradox was polite about it

Anyhow, my arguement was not even over the definition of a free market

I was arguing that people shouldn't use the term free market if they believe in any regulations

On the economy as a whole

But you never established a lot of basic concepts.

depends on what the regulations are regulating. Anything outside the market, is a separate system.

Which again is why I like to use specific examples.

Then what about the one cat said? What about lobbying firms, these are private businesses

What about slavery? That was a private transaction between businesses

limit government power and they go away on their own.

So, Paradox, where do you believe regulation of a market makes sense when the ideal is considered a free market but there is also the desire to maximize the overall social benefit of a market?

Codes, please stop

Ok

Throwing out so many topics you overwhelm the other member and they can't answer without confusing things

Alright, I will stop

So, @Paradox, where do you believe regulation of a market makes sense when the ideal is considered a free market but there is also the desire to maximize the overall social benefit of a market?

1. I don't believe regulation of a market makes sense, ever. 2. Desire? Not interested.

So, in the instance of public safety, how do you address companies lying on labels by placing ingredients different from what they say in a product? Or using unsafe ingredients? Food and drug purity and safety have not always been assumed. In 1906 the feds had to regulate the market to assure products contained what the labels said they did and in 1938 the same had to happen to ensure the products were even basically safe. Both regulations were in response to real market abuses.

https://www.the-scientist.com/foundations/the-elixir-tragedy-1937-39231

https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/History/FOrgsHistory/EvolvingPowers/ucm054819.htm

https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/History/FOrgsHistory/EvolvingPowers/ucm054826.htm

https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/History/FOrgsHistory/EvolvingPowers/ucm055118.htm

@RyeNorth, feel free to let me know your thoughts on this particular instance of regulation as well if you are interested. Or anyone else. Working in health care, regulations in my industry are, the ones I am most familiar with so I'll tend toward those examples for my questions. And trust me, I've got some humdingers for stupid regs. 🙄

Take them to court and sue them. For breach of contract. They said they were selling me this, they instead sold me this.

As for safety, that's also a criminal case.

They get to go to prison.

And in the process people die? Again, that's what happened in the 1930 and before.

Sure.

Okay. You're a purist. That's cool. We're going to agree to disagree.

See Codes, that was easy. 😃

lol...

But you didn't sign a contract, you just showed or in older times didn't show the ingredients

No regulations means, it's not a crime

contract is an agreement, between 2 or more parties.

And the agreement was, I will buy this

If Paradox is willing to permit the deaths of innocents in his adherence to a pure free market, I suspect he won't have issue with some fiscal imbalances. No point in pursuing further. And no, I'm not saying Codes isn't moral, I'm simply saying that his worldview permits immorality which is dealt with after the fact. Mine wishes to address socially harmful immorality proactively. But his is likely more internally consistent because mine will always waffle over shades of grey. I respect his worldview even as I will do everything I can to counter it because my morality differs.

He does until it's his mother, or son