Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The cost and price of a good or service is the tangible expression of *power*. It is ...
The cost and price of a good or service is the tangible expression of *power*. It is a matter of politics, not economics. If consumer protection agencies demand that companies provide safe, well-manufactured goods, if there are prohibitions on price-fixing and profiteering, then value shifts from the corporation to its customers.
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