With markets, "free" is orthogonal to "competitive". Yet all the political rhetoric is about free or not, regulated or not. What we really need to be talking ab

With markets, "free" is orthogonal to "competitive". Yet all the political rhetoric is about free or not, regulated or not. What we really need to be talking about is how competitive a market is and whether regulations make it more or less competitive. Free and uncompetitive: social networks Free and competitive: breakfast cereal Unfree and competitive: stock markets Unfree and uncompetitive: comcast, san francisco landlords, NFL