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What's wrong with the following statement? In the absence of direct government intervention, the market economy has virtually no power to regulate itself in the public interest or resolve conflicts of interests that arise among market participants.

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This statement is wrong for perfectly competitive markets. It might hold some truth in monopolistic markets. In perfectly competitive markets, there are no barriers to entry and competitors can enter or exit at free ...

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