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DanielLC comments on Open thread, August 19-25, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanielLC 21 August 2013 11:04:44PM 2 points [-]

so long as there was commonsense regulation against monopolistic pricing

If competitors can simply build more hyperloops, monopolistic pricing won't be a problem. If you only need one hyperloop, then monopolistic pricing is insufficient. They will still make less money than they produce. Getting rid of monopolistic pricing runs the risk of keeping anyone from building the hyperloops.