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		standardUser on April 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start... Examples of central planning do not imply a centrally planned economy, just as examples of free markets do not imply a free market economy. Every nation on earth has a mixed economic system (except maybe North Korea?) so let's not waste any more time denying that fact.

jpindar on April 29, 2020 [–]

Even North Korea. They found they had no choice but to allow the equivalent of farmer's markets or flea markets.

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