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Originally Posted by user_none
Yes because a third party telling me what price I can sell products for in my store is such an embodiment of a free market economic system.
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I'm not sure what you think a free market economic system entails, but most people think that it involves a seller (i.e., the publisher) offering goods (i.e., e-books) to a consumer (i.e., me or you) for a price.
Selling to a retailer, or a distributor, at wholesale, who then marks it up and sells it to consumers is also something that happens in the free market, but it is not inherent in the system.
Flea markets, auctions, consignment shops, etc. all use an agency model. They are all part of the free market.