The Current State of Specialist Actions

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Less competition means higher prices. Higher prices means goods don't move as fast, which means less profit over time. That in turn means the Specialist can buy fewer things.

Reducing the number of people who can make and then sell things hurts the economy, rather than helping it.

This is only true to an extent, and one of the biggest problems in 14's market is undercutting more than necessary. Stopping the rampant and excessive undercutting may not have been a design goal of specialists, but it's certainly accomplished it.