> it's just as possible for gifted software engineers to have flawed reasoning about the economy.

Are you sure your reasoning is flawless?

Free markets correspond with prosperity, in case after case.

A truly free market is also free of regulation and embraces predatory actions by monopolists. Think being paid in company scrip instead of dollars. Think a single food supply monopoly with patented seeds you can be prosecuted for propagating, and harmful additives in food because it's cheaper. Think better education inaccessible for those nincompoops who weren't born into wealth. Serves them right for choosing to be born poor, amirite?

Some amount of regulation is required if you want a just, healthy, society, with economic mobility.

People say they want 100% free markets but they don't really comprehend what that looks like.

	▲	WalterBright 5 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> company scrip Did you know that paychecks are private money? They aren't legal tender. RSU's are company scrip, too. Besides, nobody can make you take a job you don't want. > patented seeds Patents are a government invention, and I'm on record opposing them. > harmful additives Harming and/or defrauding customers is against the law and is actionable. > better education inaccessible Government run schools are pretty much bottom of the barrel.