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    just a quick question to all: if you bought...

    just a quick question to all:

    if you bought something your friend needed, would you re-sell it to him at a higher price? If the answer is negative, then we understand that the practice of...
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    Yes. These inconsistencies apparently are...

    As far as I know, it's still illegal to stand in front of a venue and sell tickets to the concert/sporting event for more than face value. Yet it perfectly legal to scalp them online....
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    Exactly. Hence my referring to Soviet attempts to...

    Exactly. Hence my referring to Soviet attempts to control economy, a negative example that serves as reductio ad absurdum. Another approach to control is bringing in the moral aspect into an...
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    In the former Soviet Union it was a crime;...

    In the former Soviet Union it was a crime; misdemeanor or felony, depending on the profit made. Curiously, it was called "speculation" (спекуляция). Theoretically, the practice of "speculation" may...
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