California Doesn't Support Ecommerce
from the oops dept
A new study looking at the laws in various states concerning ecommerce suggests that California is a really bad state to be in for ecommerce. We ranked 48th out of 50. The only thing that it's better to be in California for, apparently, was purchasing wine over the internet. For plenty of other things California laws limit consumer options and consumer choices. The best place to be is Oregon. Of course, how they determined all this can certainly be questioned. Basically, if there was any regulation it was considered "bad". Some might suggest that regulation is designed to make things better - so that while you might have fewer choices, at least you're less likely to be robbed blind by those choices.
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Jon
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Since when does regulation
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/
I don't think anyone serious about economics would think regulation HELPS the marketplace. Certainly setting the rules is called for (I think that's what you mean by making things fair), but let's face it, competition in the long run benefits the consumer, but it "ain't necessarily purty"!
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