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lukewrites • today at 3:00 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

One of the great acts of human creativity has been to convince the masses that if you install a bunch of middlemen who are looking to profit, goods and services will be cheaper and better.

I think part of the success of this message is that it’s so obviously silly that people feel silly questioning it.


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whimsicalism • today at 3:19 PM

for liquid markets, the evidence for this is quite good.

i think it is beyond clear that some of you all have never worked in federal government to have such a rosy outlook