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That’s an ideal free market, but do you know of any large economies that actually meet this criteria? Happy customers are optional when you have regulatory capt

That’s an ideal free market, but do you know of any large economies that actually meet this criteria? Happy customers are optional when you have regulatory capture.

WalterBright 2mo ago
The US for most of its history. Nothing is ideal. The more free market a country is, the more prosperous it is.
- the_other 2mo ago
  > Nothing is ideal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Brockovich#Pacific_Gas_&_Electric_litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Brockovich#Pacific_Gas_&_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_(Bilott_book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_(Bilott_book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_737#737_MAX_(MAX_7/8/200/9/10) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimshaw_v._Ford_Motor_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimshaw_v._Ford_Motor_Co. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Brian_Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Brian_Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma
- sortoflog 2mo ago
  > Nothing is ideal Right, which is why touting oversimplified economic models is likely to be contentious ;) Speaking of which: > The more free market a country is, the more prosperous it is. When do you think the US was at its most prosperous? Most would say somewhere in the mid 20th century, which was hardly the least regulated time in its history…
  - WalterBright 2mo ago
    The highest GDP growth was in 1942, due to war production. But it required going into massive debt, and massive mobilization of adults into the factories, so I don't think that counts. GDP growth in the 1800s is a rather dodgy time of statistics, as economic statistics were not collected then. From 1800 to the Civil War, the US economy began to be industrialized. The Northern states industrialized, while the Southern economy stagnated. The 1870s and 1880s are considered a very prosperous time. It was a time when industry really got in gear and was applied broadly. I don't have hard facts, but prosperity in my life seems to have been driven by the computer industry, a pretty much completely unregulated sector of the economy.
    - letmehelpyou 1mo ago
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That’s an ideal free market, but do you know of any large economies that actually meet this criteria? Happy customers are optional when you have regulatory capture.

WalterBright 2mo ago

The US for most of its history. Nothing is ideal. The more free market a country is, the more prosperous it is.

the_other 2mo ago
> Nothing is ideal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Brockovich#Pacific_Gas_&_Electric_litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Brockovich#Pacific_Gas_&_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_(Bilott_book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposure_(Bilott_book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_737#737_MAX_(MAX_7/8/200/9/10) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimshaw_v._Ford_Motor_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimshaw_v._Ford_Motor_Co. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Brian_Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Brian_Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma
sortoflog 2mo ago
> Nothing is ideal Right, which is why touting oversimplified economic models is likely to be contentious ;) Speaking of which: > The more free market a country is, the more prosperous it is. When do you think the US was at its most prosperous? Most would say somewhere in the mid 20th century, which was hardly the least regulated time in its history…
- WalterBright 2mo ago
  The highest GDP growth was in 1942, due to war production. But it required going into massive debt, and massive mobilization of adults into the factories, so I don't think that counts. GDP growth in the 1800s is a rather dodgy time of statistics, as economic statistics were not collected then. From 1800 to the Civil War, the US economy began to be industrialized. The Northern states industrialized, while the Southern economy stagnated. The 1870s and 1880s are considered a very prosperous time. It was a time when industry really got in gear and was applied broadly. I don't have hard facts, but prosperity in my life seems to have been driven by the computer industry, a pretty much completely unregulated sector of the economy.
  - letmehelpyou 1mo ago
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