Ingratitude is one of the chief faults of human nature and, consequently, one of the strongest of all the forces in politics. Too often, proposed intrusions into the market are predicated on nothing more than a great forgetting of what benefits the market provides, benefits that can be had only in an atmosphere of economic freedom. Would-be planners assume that tinkering with one aspect of an industry’s operations will not muck up the whole.
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