Capitalism or freedom
Foundation for Economic Education
by Sheldon Richman
10/17/08
‘These measures are not intended to take over the free market, but to preserve it,’ George W. Bush said in Orwellian tones Tuesday as he announced the partial nationalization of nine major American banks. He was partly right, though not in the way he meant his words. There is no free financial market to take over. But that means there is no free market to preserve either. The moves he announced, which include government part-ownership of smaller banks too, were just more, albeit big, steps along the corporatist route the country has been following for generations...
http://www.fee.org/in_brief/default.asp?id=2411
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=capitalism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
by Sheldon Richman
10/17/08
‘These measures are not intended to take over the free market, but to preserve it,’ George W. Bush said in Orwellian tones Tuesday as he announced the partial nationalization of nine major American banks. He was partly right, though not in the way he meant his words. There is no free financial market to take over. But that means there is no free market to preserve either. The moves he announced, which include government part-ownership of smaller banks too, were just more, albeit big, steps along the corporatist route the country has been following for generations...
http://www.fee.org/in_brief/default.asp?id=2411
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=capitalism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
rudkla - 20. Okt, 09:23
