{"id":11405,"date":"2022-11-21T08:26:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T13:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argentplacelaw.com\/?p=11405"},"modified":"2022-12-19T18:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T23:02:33","slug":"a-free-market-principle-dont-ban-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.argentplacelaw.com\/2022\/11\/a-free-market-principle-dont-ban-products\/","title":{"rendered":"A Free Market Principle-Don’t Ban Products"},"content":{"rendered":"
Seth Godin is brilliant, but sometimes he’s wrong.<\/p>\n
If you don’t already read Seth Godin’s blog<\/a>, your should. But in a recent post<\/a>, he made this statement:<\/p>\n The solution, if we\u2019re serious, is to ban gas leaf blowers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Banning products violates one of the most basic free market principles. I’m against it. And every entrepreneur should be too. If you don’t like a product, make a replacement product. If you have a long list of reasons why your replacement is better than the original, promote those reasons.<\/p>\n But let the market decide which product is more desirable, yours or the original. Using the coercive powers of government to ban a product you don’t like is anti-democratic, anti-free market, and anti-entrepreneur.<\/p>\n If you have a better mousetrap, I’d like to hear about it. Because…<\/p>\n Entrepreneurs are going to save the world, and Argent Place\u00ae<\/sup> Law wants to help. Think how great it will be to have a lawyer with entrepreneurial experience on your speed dial whom you can call up and say, \u201cI want to start a new company to deliver the best damn widget the world has ever seen! What do I do next?\u201d Schedule an appointment<\/a>, or just call Argent Place Law to find out: 703-539-2518.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seth Godin is brilliant, but sometimes he’s wrong. If you don’t already read Seth Godin’s blog, your should. But in a recent post, he made this statement: The solution, if we\u2019re serious, is to ban gas leaf blowers. Banning products violates one of the most basic free market principles. I’m against it. And every entrepreneur… <\/p>\n