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Originally Posted by tisonlyi
So there was a free market in those areas for precisely how many years? 1? 2? 5? 10?
Those oligarchs certainly rose up very quickly.
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I don't know the history in detail, but as more people became eligible to vote, more pressure was placed on the government to intervene in the market. Some early issues (and ones that tie back to the 19th century) were the demand for laws on child labour and workplace safety. Gradually over time, labour rights and, eventually, labour laws placed further restrictions on what we would otherwise call a completely free market.
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