Since there are no truly free markets on earth because of intrusive and overbearing government regulations, you can't really sit there and complain about something that doesn't exist. As history has shown, most shortages are caused by government regulation, not by "free" markets, or partially free markets, as we actually have. The most current example, after such past marxist attempts of control such as the windfall profits tax on oil in the 1980's, is the current shortage of corn as food. The US government in its blindness decided to mandate production of ethenol. Thus a shortage of corn for food which …
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