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by twoodfin 23 days ago
That’s not really responsive to my concerns about Robinson-Patman.

A world where it’s enforced uniformly and strictly might have some local benefits, but getting the government involved in regulating every wholesale transaction for “fairness” is a recipe for stagnation, corruption, or more likely both.

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It is responsive to your question on why the government should have something to say about price negotiations between producers and retailers of frozen pizzas.
Government overreach X is good because in a sea of bad consequences, a few good things happen, too?

It’s much better for governments to be principled, and only interfere with mutually voluntary engagements by citizens when there’s an urgent harm to remedy.

Despite your assumptions, you should realize all I said was that government representatives should care about the topic and have something to say.