SYNDICATED COLUMNIST
The most critical nexus in the free market is the transactions that occur when willing sellers and interested buyers meet. One does not usually look to the federal government to resolve concerns that the costs of particular goods or services are too high.
Sometimes there are exceptions. There is general agreement, for example, that the government can and should act when a company’s control of all or most of a single market allows it to act in ways adverse to the best interests of consumers. Now that it costs almost as much to buy a pair of concert tickets as it does to pay the monthly bill, the government has correctly started to examine the live entertainment industry more closely.
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