# Standards Markets: The free market response to regulation

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli
- Year: 2006
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management, Philosophy
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/standards-markets-free-market-response-regulation)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Many societal goals for markets can be achieved with more innovative regulation using standards markets that seem to bridge the market-government divide. Standards markets, such as those based on the International Standards Organisation or the International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance, counter Screaming Lord Sutch's sublime question. "Why is there only one Monopolies Commission?". Michael Mainelli, Mercers' School Memorial Professor of Commerce with Paul Stennett, Chief Executive, UK Accreditation Service.

## Lectures

1. [Standards Markets: The free market response to regulation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/standards-markets-free-market-response-regulation/32d0e81325c1) (YouTube)