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To: Don Lloyd who wrote (38)	12/11/2001 10:46:09 AM
From: Neocon	1 Recommendation Respond to of 445

Yep, the phantom of "just price" is one of the things governments love to chase.....

To: Don Lloyd who wrote (38)	12/11/2001 11:51:53 AM
From: eddieww	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 445

While we wait for today's FED intervention, let me pose this question: According to the vons (Mises, Hayek), does a government have any regulatory role in the marketplace beyond insuring property rights? For instance, in Needles, CA. there are 5 gas stations, and the next nearest is 75 miles away. The owners of these stations get together for breakfast and form a local mini-cartel that fixes the price of gasoline 20% higher than is generally available elsewhere. Do the SUV owners in Needles wait for someone unwilling to join the cartel to open a new station?