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When Judge Richard Posner, the prolific conservative intellectual, released his book "A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of '08 and the Descent Into Depression" last year, you might have thought the final verdict was in: Capitalism caused the economic downturn and high unemployment.
That this verdict was pronounced by someone like Posner, who is associated with the University of Chicago and the free-market law and economics movement, gave moral support to all the politicians who were intent on exploiting the recession (as they exploit all crises) to increase government control of the economy.
But what exactly is this "capitalism"...
Let's Take the "Crony" Out of "Crony Capitalism"
The entire liberal goal is to (through regulation) impose FAIRNESS into markets. FAIRNESS changes market dynamics to attempt to force more socially desirable market behavior. This is where it breaks down ... who decides; how far do we go; the INEVITABLE doctrine of unintended consequences (markets don't behave according to legislator's intentions).
Market control is an illusion. By definition they can only hurt (you...