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Do you have any examples from reality where [an unregulated market spawning entities that provide trusted rating services] has happened? http://en.wikipedia.or
by randallsquared 16y ago
Do you have any examples from reality where [an unregulated market spawning entities that provide trusted rating services] has happened?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwriters_Laboratories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwriters_Laboratories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Reports http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Reports
- tptacek 16y agoThe question was not whether unregulated markets spawn "trusted rating services". It's whether society could function with private rating services in lieu of regulation.
- hammock 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_the_goalposts#As_logical_fallacy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_the_goalposts#As_logical... Go back and read your exchange. It looks to me like he answered your question, and you're changing it now.
- shadowfox 16y agoBut it does appear that he has a legitimate question (whether it is different from his original question or not)
- sophacles 16y agoActually, he is not moving goal-posts, he is just asking for the second half of his originally stated question to be answered. I know it is silly, and probably sounds like nitpicking to you, but please, don't make false claims, particularly when they are just veiled ad-hominem.
- nupark2 16y agoThese are both government regulated non-profits. Compare to the BBB.