Ok, if we take this wide view then yes. But &quot;market rate&quot; is not always a very descriptive when discussing pricing in general because there are often time corner cases where the phenomenon that&#x27;s actually important is not captured by it. I.e. in market situations where the price can be effectively agreed in an oligopoly then the discussion about oligopolists&#x27; pricing has a social context as well, and things like &quot;political leverage&quot; are far more important in studying  the phenomenon in larger context than just observing the preset &quot;market rate&quot;.