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    It is not the case that Hume and Smith demonstrated that the price mechanism under dispersed private ownership aggregates and coordinates individual interests without requiring unified collective control.

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    • 1.Markets systematically underprice externalities (pollution, resource depletion), causing coordination failures that harm collective welfare.
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    • 2.Unequal initial wealth distributions mean price mechanisms aggregate weighted interests of the rich, not neutral aggregation of all preferences.
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    • 3.Public goods and information asymmetries create persistent market failures that require non-price coordination mechanisms to address adequately.
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    • 1.Price signals efficiently convey dispersed information about scarcity without centralized communication, enabling rational allocation decisions.
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    • 2.Competition among private owners creates incentives to meet consumer preferences, producing coordination outcomes superior to planned alternatives.
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    • 3.Historical evidence shows market economies generated prosperity and innovation without central authority directing production or consumption.
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