So it's really not the way the market should work, period. It's a market failure. It's a market failure, quite simply. Right. The ability for companies, for the plastic industry to externalize their costs means they're not functioning in a free market economy. In a true free market, you can't make yourself rich without making your neighbors rich, without enriching your community. (20:34–20:43)
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Asserts that the plastic industry's cost externalization indicates it is not operating in a free market economy.
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