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When free markets make it worse: new TLDs

by Jason blog.asmartbear.com published 2011-07-185 min read

Free markets don't always produce optimal results, or even desirable ones. As entrepreneurs, our job shouldn't only be to create profits, but to do something useful in the world.

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