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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
Gasoline? Alberta Auto Insurance?
Regulation for the most part has done a fair job at keeping these things in check, whether it is regulation of the energy industry (enmax has to get price hikes approved by the provincial gov't). The US in particular with Microsoft, the Anti-Trust suits brought forward were a preventive measure to avoid possibly having to go the regulation route in the OS industry.
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But anti-trust suits filed by the public are outside of 'regulation' until they are decided, no? The 'greater public good' can be a scary thing. Short term market volatility should not be mis-construed as price gouging.
What was the price of gas at the labour day weekend again?