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pixl97today at 3:02 PM1 replyview on HN

>Food too (as long as it's checked for public health concerns).

Wha? Food production is a very regulated market for national security reasons in almost every nation. Otherwise one entity with a bunch of money can starve a smaller nation very easily and then take it over. Now on the higher end of food sales, what one can produce is generally less regulated.


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cousin_ittoday at 6:45 PM

Good point, didn't think of it. And yeah, I don't know in general which goods should be more vs less free-market.