"Certain to have the intended outcome" goes a long way in aligning people's expectations with outcomes, and removing sources of unfairness. >>Why would that be

"Certain to have the intended outcome" goes a long way in aligning people's expectations with outcomes, and removing sources of unfairness. >>Why would that be? You have plenty of situations right now where a given company will offer you an ordinary contracts where there are no alternatives. Google's monopoly on Internet advertising has gotten a lot of press, there are plenty of places where a single ISP is all that's possible. That's not the fault of the provider who steps in to provide the service. If there is a natural monopoly, it's the public's job to come together and collectively fund a public option to ensure that the economic rent from being the monopolistic provider is distributed to the public rather than captured by a private party. The solution is not to restrict people's right to engage in mutually voluntary private interactions.