On 5/6/2015 2:37 PM, Craig Berry wrote:

Far Trader (IIRC) explained that competition on price was heavily
discouraged, in order to prevent shipping industry boom-bust cycles due
to amplifications of small capacity-requirement shifts. It didn't really
describe what form that discouragement took, however.

Considering that we're talking about an organization that (claims to) exist(s) solely to encourage and manage interstellar trade, and whose enforcement arm claims a monopoly on the use of nuclear weapons...

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