Then we know what market is functioning improperly and can determine what changes must be made to restore the market to proper functioning, usually some regulatory and oversight changes but sometimes government involvement to speed up or standardize operations is also needed.

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Centralize and standardize administrative operations.

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After combat operations exposed deficiencies, allies also worked to standardize air-to-air refueling nozzles and connecting bombs to aircraft.

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