The general debate with decartelization is a national economy controlled by monopolies and cartels, versus a free market economy. With a free market economy, the pros are very clear. It encourages individual initiatives; it determines price of goods through
competition, and motivates people to work towards
financial independence. Most individuals would prefer a free
market economy, where there are many buyers and sellers in each market, and the prices are determined based on competition alone. The problem is, it is not up to the individuals. In most cases of cartels, these secret arrangements are done "under the radar", and these major companies know how to cover their tracks. It is very difficult to prove that companies have formed a cartel; therefore it is very difficult to dismantle one. In the case with the
Third Reich in Germany, the people had no choice. During the war, there was a school called , the "social conscience free market". Members of this school hated
totalitarianism and had propounded their views at some risk during the Nazis' rule. Wrote
Henry Wallich, "During the Nazi Reich period the school represented a kind of intellectual resistance movement, requiring great personal courage as well as independence of mind." The school's members believed in free markets, along with some slight degree of progression in the
income tax system and government action to limit monopoly. ==References==