[P2P-F] self-regulating markets

[Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis]

As far as the Law is concerned, the government has the right to regulate. It
is the government's decision whether it does or not.
So the free market is self-regulated only because the government allows it.

2011/6/20 Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>

> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis
> <xekoukou at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think by self-regulated he means that the government doesnt regulate
> the
> > markets. He goes on to show that self-regulation is in fact regulation by
> > few corporations, thus the free market is only a myth. He then goes to
> > explain why free market proponents have promoted the idea that the state
> job
> > is only  that of 'punishing' those who do not abide by the rules, and
> have
> > withheld the true nature of the economy. That is what i understood by
> > reading the synopsis.
> >
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> It seems very fair to me to say that corporations are by virtue
> regulated by governments, and therefore cannot plausibly be viewed as
> "self-regulating". Each and every corporation has submitted it's
> existence to the government, and agreed to abide by the regulations of
> the government at least in reference to registering itself. What am I
> missing?
>
> > 2011/6/20 Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:18 AM, Michel Bauwens <
> michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > a recent book on the myth of free self-regulating markets, from the
> >> > University of Chicago of all places:
> >> >
> >> > basic thesis: self-regulation is always done for the benefit of the
> few
> >> > ...
> >> >
> >> > but the larger question is: have their ever been, apart from illegal
> >> > markets, self-regulated markets? nearly all market activities are
> >> > incredibly
> >> > embedded in institutional regulations, norms, etc ..
> >> >
> >> > if indeed self-regulated markets are few and far between, then the
> >> > question
> >> > is more: what kind of regulations, and who produces and controls the
> >> > regulations and the regulators,
> >> >
> >>
> >> Can you talk some more about what you mean exactly by
> >> "self-regulating"? How do I identify a "self-regulated" market?
> >>
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Sincerely yours,

     Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis
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