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Dec 2018
50m 39s

SLP38 Per Bylund - The size of firms

STEPHAN LIVERA
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Per Bylund (Assistant Professor at OSU and Fellow of Mises Institute) joins me to discuss how some firms today are larger than what they would be under a free market. The impact of regulation and ways to assess competition in a market are discussed. We also touch on the confusion about scarcity and 'post scarcity'. Per Bylund Links: Per’s Twitter: https:// ... Show More
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