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Diamandis summarises Coase's transaction-cost answer for why firms exist. HEARSAY

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His answer, transactions are expensive. Finding people, negotiating, and enforcing contracts. It's cheaper to hire employees and have them on the inside of your company rather than negotiating every task on the open market. Companies are a workaround for transaction costs.