This recorded commission speaking turn asks what institutional changes are implied by allowing economic forces greater freedom in potash mining. Lederer recalls a participant’s claim that such freedom would yield a more rational optimum, then distinguishes two possible meanings:
Denkt er dabei, daß auch eine Vereinigung der Konzerne oder eine Verringerung der Anzahl der Konzerne stattfinden würde?
English translation: Does he envisage that a merger of the corporate groups or a reduction in their number would also take place?
His concluding question asks whether the optimum could instead be achieved within the existing groups. The contribution’s significance lies in making industrial structure an explicit condition of the proposed efficiency gain; it requests clarification without endorsing either alternative.
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