Any time government tries to force one variable within a free market to a certain value or to move in a certain direction, it destabilizes every other variable.

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He is now richer, the apple grower is now poorer, and the economy is worse off due to the central bank having distorted the natural allocation of value created through free interactions in the market.

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The yuan, also known as the renmimbi, is not a free-floating currency so the market does not determine its value.

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When it comes to negotiating the terms of free agent contracts, what is the adequate balance between market value and significance to a team?

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In a free society, which implies a free market, businesses survive only by providing services of greater value than the resources they use in production.

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Its policy is to favour a free float, which is shorthand for letting the market set the value of the Australian dollar.

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Of course, this luxury exists because there is a free market alternative in the MLB, which is willing to put a value on players before they enter college.

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Where UBS sees value is in the drug pipelines, which the market is pricing for free.

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