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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust came up with this quote:
"The "free market" is fine for making money but when mixed with government we get lousy governance."
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Just came up with this quote: (Original Post)
SHRED
Feb 2013
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Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)1. To rip off Robert Heinlein, TANSTAAFM
There ain't no such thing as a free market.
ewagner
(18,964 posts)2. The Free Market...
is a myth...it never was and never will be...
it's an intellectual construct to justify unfettered capitalism...
that is all.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)5. However, Jesus has revealed Adam Smith's Invisible Hand to us…
SHRED
(28,136 posts)3. I'd use the word "capitalism" but...
...I am trying to reach the lowest common denominator. That word might be too far over their heads.
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patrice
(47,992 posts)4. K&R