Ep. 12: Futures Markets in Agriculture
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Unseen Effects of Futures Regulation
The main unseen effect is that it results in speculation. The seen effect of futures banning is that it cuts speculation. And when you have information there's no need to speculate. So on the other hand you need to have some ways of consumer protection because you don't want too much of like miss selling and stuff to go on which can potentially happen. Exactly. To sum it up why don't you tell me again what are the unseen effects of either banning or over regulation of futures markets?
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