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Supertopics:
The Free Market; Free Trade
Particular Myths

The Free Market Myth

Cross-References:
Right-Wing Hypocrisy
Corporation Problems

Subtopics:
Corporate Control of Most Everything (Hegemony)
Corporate Control of Particular Things
Corporate Control in Particular Places
Monopolistic Practices
Privatization and Commodification
Deregulation (of Corporations)
Destroying Alternatives to Capitalism
Opposing Public Knowledge About Products
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Protesting Corporate Hegemony
Corporate Hegemony Miscellany
Corporate Welfare
Government Gifts to Corporations
Government Contracts for Connected Corporations
Government Subsidies
Government Subsidies to Corporations
Government Subsidies to Homeowners
Markets are Free for Corporations Only
Corporations But Not Workers Can Migrate Freely
Laws Against Selling Food Created at Home
Legal Barriers to Free Trade
Protectionist Trade Barriers
Corporations But Not Workers Can Migrate Freely
The Myth of Free Market Lowest Possible Prices
Price-Gouging a Captive Market
Collusion on Pricing (Price Fixing)
Manipulating Prices by Buying Up the Product
Deregulation Not Lowering Prices
Survival of the Most Dominant
Cornering a Market
Most Agriculture Subsidies Go to Biggest Players
Survival of the Most Dominant Miscellany
Crime Overlooked When Done by Corporations
Industrial Stink
judge says OK to disregard MTR health impact studies
webTaylor KuykendallSNL Financial LC2014-08-19
big banks launder drug money with impunity
webBill ConroyNarco News2012-12-01
banksters like Robert Rubin are too big to jail
webRobert ScheerTruthDig2011-11-02
drugmakers ignore law on registering clinical trials
webShankar VedantamWashington Post2004-07-06
Captive Workforce Decrease Wages
Keeping Immigrants Illegal Provides Cheap Labor
Prisoners Provide Cheap Labor
Corporations Exploiting Cheap Labor in Poor Nations
The Federal Reserve Manipulates the Money Supply
The Fed's Low Interest Rates to Prop Up the Stock Market
fear of Fed printing too much money overblown
webPeter CoyBloomberg Businessweek2010-12-20
The Right Doesn't Really Want a Free Market
Dean Baker's 'The Conservative Nanny State'
web
airline execs complain of too much competition
webJim HightowerAlternet2010-04-22
Freedom of Choice Is Not Increasing Diversity
Winner-Take-All Rules Web Shopping
A Level Playing Field Does Not Mean Fairness
Free Market Myth Miscellany
state and capital are parts of the same power structure
webCrispin SartwellThe Atlantic2014-06-20
no such thing as a free market
webHa-Joon ChangTruthout2011-06-07