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> Truth be told, it does feel like free markets have become a bit of a dirty word in both political realms recently; Oddly, I'd say its basically only Trump at
by nitwit005 2y ago
> Truth be told, it does feel like free markets have become a bit of a dirty word in both political realms recently;
Oddly, I'd say its basically only Trump attacking the idea in any significant way, with the strong advocacy of tariffs. It remains bizarre to me that conservatives have seemed happy to throw away generations of advocacy for free trade.
I don't expect Bezos to contradict him either.
- Panzer04 2y agoIt depends. There's more rhetoric nowadays around things like rent controls and profit caps, both of which I view as very destructive to the mechanisms of market allocation. I think it's a divisive issue though since there's no real home these days for people with those views (that is, (neo)liberal economics); the right is insane and the left have a large, very progressive segment which they have to pull back on.
- brewdad 2y agoThe left has a progressive segment that is very vocal online. I have yet to see that translate into much power or influence in national politics.