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Old 23-08-2019, 09:15   #2311
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Re: The state benefits system mega-thread.

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
As an economist I actually know that to be untrue.

If you can't introduce genuine competition into a market all that happens is supernormal profits enter the private sector to the harm of consumers.
I don't know which books of economic theory you have been reading, then! I have personal experience of privatising services and I can assure you that it is true. You are also ignoring the reason I gave you for fares increasing as they have.
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