Blaming Free Markets

That's what the liberals are trying to do with the current "financial crisis" THEY created. And with so many people "not paying attention to politics" until just before an election, they might get away with it, unless people like this writer get their message out. "There's been a rush to blame free markets, even laissez faire libertarianism, for the current financial crisis. As I -- and Russ -- have said before, there are lots of other potential culprits around. Hastily concluding that the culprit is the free market might be emotionally gratifying for many folks, but it's an intellectually corrupt conclusion." They also try and blame "lack of regulation," which is something Bush wanted to do, but which the Democrats blocked 12 times. (Don Boudreaux/Café Hayek)