The Free Market: A False Idol After All?

For more than a quarter-century, the dominant idea guiding economic policy in the United States and much of the globe has been that the market is unfailingly wise. So wise that the proper role for government is to steer clear and not mess with the gusher of wealth that will flow, trickling down to the every level of society, if only the market is left to do its magic.

That notion has carried the day as industries have been unshackled from ... Full Story »

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Robert Vermeers
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by Robert Vermeers - Oct. 1, 2008

This is one of the best articles I've read in a long time in terms of all the criteria I have used to grade it. It doesn't even take a careful re-reading of it to absorb all the information. It is possible that an intense interest in the subject, over the years, has kept my mind focused on it that makes me believe that I can judge this article on its journalistic merits.

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