Posts by jahonen

Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970  That doesn't seem to be working.   Depends where you are I guess as well. I can understand your viewpoint living in the US, where the corruption index is 7.1/10. I live...

Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970    And a government-protected one! That's my point.       I see it very clearly. You seem to be the one pointing to examples of...

Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970    Yes. Of course it was. Minimally it was started from the Fed created housing bubble. But there were other interventions and distortions as well. Not the least of which...

Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970    Sorry if I understand the history and economics better than your government-school education gave you. Are you saying that the current financial crisis started...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    They do that now. Ever heard of telecoms? Tell me that texting magically "deserved" to be raised in price simultaneously across all carriers. Tell me that the...

Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970    Your characterization aside, I don't see a problem. If a company doesn't want to sell their product to another or put conditions on the sale of that product, they...

Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970    So the bottom line here is that Intel said they would not sell their processors to some companies that also bought processors from a competitor. Is that basically...

Quote: I'm not familiar enough with the instance you're referring to to be able to comment on it.   My bad, I left out the name of the other company:...

Quote: Originally Posted by MJ1970  If you take human nature's bad sides into account, you'd see that creating an entity that is given a monopoly in the use of force will turn out badly.   It very often...

Quote: So less successful competitors can use the State to hamstring their more successful competitors.   Hmm. So you are saying that all the antitrust lawsuits pushed by governments against uncompetitive practices...