Free Market

One common theme in The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution is freedom, especially freedom against tyranny. In the plaque pictured below, it states how the market is to be kept for the people and shall always be for the people. It isn’t controlled by some big monarch or any one person, but instead is for everyone equally. . It is also the duty of the people to protect the market against those that would try to abuse it or extort it. This is similar to the duties of citizens regarding protecting the new free land. This plaque is like a mini constitution for the market; a declaration that the market will always be free and public

Plaque outside Pike Place Public Market in Seattle

2 thoughts on “Free Market

  1. It is interesting that even though the idea of free market was introduced way before the introduction of constitution. People are still debating whether the market we are looking at now are actually “free.” Many critics will argue, that the so called free market is actually being controlled by monopolies and big companies and those people turned over and support the free market that rather protects them. It is a really interesting idea to think about.

  2. Is the market truly free? With these huge companies forming monopolies, triopolies, they seem to be merging as to take an even bigger hold on their respective markets for example the merger for T-Mobile and sprint. Or facebook selling user data for huge profits.

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