Topic: The free market, laws of competition and proximity.
Brian White
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posted 29 October 2006 09:12 PM
My Da lived in ireland and they had rules about monopoly and rules about competition and cartels. These were exactly the same rules as they had in the netherlands. When he went to sell his lambs, sometimes there was a big difference in price from one side of the country to the other (and the factory owners used that to say there was competition and no cartel). However, the cost of transporting his animals to the factory with the better price was greater than the price difference so he was a captive producer for the local factory. Same with grain, same with other produce. The situation for farmers in holland is better because they have greater proximity to the choice. The proximity and competition thing probably also applys to workers and puts them at an unfavourable disadvantage when dealing with factorys. How can laws for competition be made to limit the use of distance to disadvantage small producers and workers in the global economy?
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