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comment by b_b
b_b  ·  4359 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Nearing The End of Serfdom’s Road

The Magna Carta could be looked at in a couple ways. To the nobles that forced the King to sign it, it was guaranteeing freer enterprise, insofar as it made it impossible for him to arbitrarily tax them without consent. But I suppose that's the point of regulation, to ensure that those with less power have a chance against those with lots of power.