“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.”

No, it’s not Marx, it’s the Father of Capitalism, Adam Smith, in ‘The Wealth of Nations‘. It’s here in context (para I.10.82).

Blogging is going to be very infrequent for the next month due to the European Elections!