free markets

The Commission on Growth & Development recently issued their report on global economic development: "The Growth Report: Strategies for Sustained Growth and Inclusive Development". The report concluded that there is no fast and easy answer. It takes long-term commitment and patience to create sustainable growth in an economy.

As you've probably heard, Barack Obama went on Fox News for an in-depth interview. He finally distanced himself from the left-wing barking moonbats and started talking some sense:

Socialism is alive and well in America, but not at the bottom of the market, where conservatives claim it is. Government bailouts of corporations amount to socialism for the very rich, and the same social Darwinism used as a weapon against the lower and middle classes is not brandished on the wealthy.

The cynicism of publications like the New Yorker toward free markets and free enterprise never ceases to amaze me.

I completed my MBA degree in Finance from the University of Kentucky in 1980. While I was happy to be finished, in many ways it really didn't mean much for me in terms of job prospects. After all, people with twenty years of experience and an MBA were getting laid off all around. Those of us in the MBA program had contests to see who could get the most rejection letters from the resumes we sent out (one guy amassed over 150 letters).

Say Uncle an axiom of civilization:

Ya know, it’s interesting that government regulation (often said to inhibit or destroy the free market) often creates free markets.

Ya know, it’s interesting that government regulation (often said to inhibit or destroy the free market) often creates free markets.

The Time Bomb of Unchecked Capital:

Free markets are neither inherently good, nor are they inherently evil. Entrepreneurial activity is not in an of itself a moral act. The ends that the entrepreneur pursues and how they pursue those ends defines the morality of their entrepreneurial efforts.

There are entrepreneurs who use their gifts and talents to build businesses that provide economic, social, and cultural benefits.

A magazine article explains the correlation between affordable housing and child-rearing with support for the GOP but Clark Stooksbury wants more: