The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unles…

Thomas Sowell
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The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity. ✨ Thomas Sowell (1996). Knowledge And Decisions, p.225, Basic Books
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The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity. ✨ Thomas Sowell (1996). Knowledge And Decisions, p.225, Basic Books

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