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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