Ask HN: Gambling & smoking limited but not entrepreneurship and stock trading?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=688524
by amichail • 17 years ago
3 16 17 years ago

There are dangers involved in gambling and smoking. Consequently, governments provide limits/warnings to mitigate those dangers.

But why do governments not do the same with entrepreneurship and stock trading?

For example, 3rd party developers could receive a warning that gives them the expected profit from a particular platform. Without such warnings and in cases with very low expected profit, companies would be essentially getting free labor to promote their products.

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