> prescribes action instead of constraints Interesting line in the sand to draw. Reading the actual actions: > Prohibiting coal power plants, mandating emissi

> prescribes action instead of constraints Interesting line in the sand to draw. Reading the actual actions: > Prohibiting coal power plants, mandating emissions reduction, restricting # of cars on road, shutting down mines, removing coal boilers from homes. These so called prescribed actions are really limits and fines (and further stronger disincentives, presumably). The number of coal plants in a city is now limited, on pain of fine or jail. The number of coal boilers per building is now limited, on pain of fine or jail. How is this different from the "free market" approach of setting limits and fines, other than the fact that it happened in China? On matters of public health and safety, capitalist democracies are perfectly happy with an endless number of such prescriptions. The difference between a "prescribed" course of action and a "constrained" set of actions is a matter of degree, and what these people call free market vs communist has more to do with geographic borders.