The "free-markets" at work

[Viking12]

Ever since she moved from Ethiopia to Minnesota in 1989, Gedam Azeze has believed in the American dream. Then a lawyer's letter changed all that.

"I thought if you work hard, day in and day out, you can make it in this country," said Azeze, 40, who works seven days a week at Limu Coffee, her five-year-old shop on Silver Lake Road in St. Anthony.

"Now, I have found out that is not true."

Azeze said she has been told that her lease will not be extended and that her shop has to close by the end of the month. Caribou Coffee, which opened a new outlet in May in the nearby Silver Lake Village Shopping Center, negotiated a lease that prohibits other coffee shops at the development, according to the shopping center's attorney


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When are people going to stop buying into the myth of free-markets?

[400Years]

1. the goal of every capitalist is a monopoly