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> Why is it bad to let the free market determine the price for an item with limited supply.

Because the limited supply usually isn't there and artificially created for the sole purpose of rising prices. For tickets you can see this happening when there are suddenly lots of tickets available all over the radio and tv shows a week or so before the event (since they have to fill up all the unsold places).




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