I find it surprising that the US is seen as strongly free market when things like this crop up all over the place. Here's a video of someone failing to get pri

I find it surprising that the US is seen as strongly free market when things like this crop up all over the place. Here's a video of someone failing to get pricing in advance for a medical procedure and an article about how many simple tasks need licences. The fact that a lot of areas only have 1 broadband provider blows my mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tct38KwROdw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tct38KwROdw https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/02/17/america-should-get-rid-of-oppressive-job-licensing https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/02/17/america-should-... https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/50-million-us-homes-have-only-one-25mbps-internet-provider-or-none-at-all/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/50-mi...