> Can anyone seriously argue that ingredient labels are anti-market?
Well, it's fairly close to an issue which has been controversial: whether to require the labelling of GM milk.
Personally, I'm happy for there to be a goodly amount of regulation about consumables. I don't think a raw free market (if you sell food which makes people sick, your brand will suffer) provides enough protection in that case.
I was really trying to think about the benefits+costs of forcing sellers to give more information to consumers, and how that might translate to other products.
(Warning:
- this program is written in C - it may suffer from buffer overruns.
- this program is written in .NET/java - it may require a huge download in order to run
- etc)
Slightly more seriously, how about a govt regulation which required showing typical working set size of your program in operation in Mbytes?
How about being required to notify users that your software patches system-level functionality? (no more DRM "rootkits" )?
If I could create backup copies of myself and/or run copies of myself in a VM I wouldn't really care about labels on food, medicine or even FDA approvals.
Well, it's fairly close to an issue which has been controversial: whether to require the labelling of GM milk.
Personally, I'm happy for there to be a goodly amount of regulation about consumables. I don't think a raw free market (if you sell food which makes people sick, your brand will suffer) provides enough protection in that case.
I was really trying to think about the benefits+costs of forcing sellers to give more information to consumers, and how that might translate to other products.
(Warning: - this program is written in C - it may suffer from buffer overruns. - this program is written in .NET/java - it may require a huge download in order to run - etc)
Slightly more seriously, how about a govt regulation which required showing typical working set size of your program in operation in Mbytes?
How about being required to notify users that your software patches system-level functionality? (no more DRM "rootkits" )?