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Vienna_Hokie

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Depends on your definition of the market


The market is the entire market, including consumers, regulatory bodies, etc. If you are just focusing on suppliers, then they probably have less interest in things like public health, etc but they are checked by the consumer when the market is operating freely. A little regulation can be a valuable check as well, that is part of the market.

The issue now is with respect to renewables, the regulation and tax redistribution have the market out of balance which means the market is making choices based on near term incentives that are not sustainable economically. There is absolutely a corruption component to it as pols and lobyists are writing tax codes and regulations to drive market behaviors that enrich themselves and their benefactors. Of course that is not all of it, but discounting the impact it has is naive at best.

(In response to this post by jmanatVT)

Posted: 07/05/2019 at 12:25PM



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