"The free market enables people... to trade with whomever they want; to buy in the cheapest market around the world; to sell in the dearest. .. (B)ut most important of all: If they fail, they bear the cost."
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Free to Choose
In a corporate world where some companies are "too big to fail", mistrust of both the government and big business is at an all time high. The American people are fed up with sleezy corporations who aren't punished for putting America into this financial crisis, CEOs who take government money and yet reward themselves with huge salaries while ordinary hard working Americans struggle to make ends meet. Unfortunately the market catches a lot of flack for unchecked greed. In this article John Stossel outlines why the market shouldn't be blamed for peoples problems, and does a fairly decent job of showing how the market has made America great, and why defense of true market principles is necessary if we are to maintain our position in the world. Here's an excerpt:
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I have not really read the whole article. My comment is more along the lines of wanting you to read some of Dr. Moore's political stuff and give me your interpretation of it. I think you and him would have a lot in common politically. I dont agree with him on all of theology yet but I think he really has a sound grasp of Christians and politics and what not.
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