the.com/consumer protection
the referee that shows up after the free market throws an elbow.
means laws and agencies that stop businesses from lying to, cheating, or endangering the people who buy their stuff.
from traces to early 1900s food and drug scandals in the US, then exploded in the 1960s when Ralph Nader made 'the market will sort it out' sound like a joke.
nader effectunsafe at any speed sparked seatbelt laws nationwide
cooling off ruleyou can cancel door-to-door sales within three days
lemon lawsnamed for cars, now cover almost anything defective
fine printexists partly because regulators forced disclosure requirements