http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/profits-losses-and-structural-change/ Ideas on Liberty Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/profits-losses-and-structural-change/comment-page-1/#comment-23167 Amazing Automated Forex Robot – The No Loss Robot. | The Best Forex Scalping Robots Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:46:31 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=9338614#comment-23167 [...] Profits, Losses, and Structural Change | The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty [...] [...] Profits, Losses, and Structural Change | The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty [...]

]]> http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/profits-losses-and-structural-change/comment-page-1/#comment-23142 Jacob Steelman Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:16:13 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=9338614#comment-23142 Bailouts, nationalizations and intervention by governments is an effort by the ruling elites to substitute the demands and discipline of the actors in the free market for the demands of the ruling elites. The free market is the most democratic market in the world for it allows participants to vote every minute of everyday and furnishes providers of goods and services feedback everyday. Successful providers are continually reviewing this feedback and changing with the demands of the marketplace. Those providers who elect to ignore this feedback do so at their peril UNLESS they have the government intervene on their behalf at the point of a gun. Bailouts, nationalizations and intervention by governments is an effort by the ruling elites to substitute the demands and discipline of the actors in the free market for the demands of the ruling elites. The free market is the most democratic market in the world for it allows participants to vote every minute of everyday and furnishes providers of goods and services feedback everyday. Successful providers are continually reviewing this feedback and changing with the demands of the marketplace. Those providers who elect to ignore this feedback do so at their peril UNLESS they have the government intervene on their behalf at the point of a gun.

]]> http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/profits-losses-and-structural-change/comment-page-1/#comment-23137 Albert D. McCallum Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=9338614#comment-23137 The government did try to save failing small farmers and small businesses. That is how farm subsidies got started. Also, remember the Robinson - Patman Act and fair trade prices from the 1930's. Market forces overwhelmed the life preserves. The life preservers for small farms is now and anchor that drags down agriculture. The government did try to save failing small farmers and small businesses. That is how farm subsidies got started. Also, remember the Robinson – Patman Act and fair trade prices from the 1930′s. Market forces overwhelmed the life preserves. The life preservers for small farms is now and anchor that drags down agriculture.

]]> http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/profits-losses-and-structural-change/comment-page-1/#comment-23134 Profits, Losses, and Structural Change « thak’s cool links Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:03:22 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=9338614#comment-23134 [...] The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty » Profits, Losses, and Structural Change.  Obamaspeak sure sounds wonderful–all rainbows and unicorns–in canned speeches, but in the real world?  Not so much.  (And just for the record, this article does point out that Bush was responsible for the first bailout debacle–so it’s a generally nonpartisan hatred of government.  Kinda like I have.) [...] [...] The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty » Profits, Losses, and Structural Change.  Obamaspeak sure sounds wonderful–all rainbows and unicorns–in canned speeches, but in the real world?  Not so much.  (And just for the record, this article does point out that Bush was responsible for the first bailout debacle–so it’s a generally nonpartisan hatred of government.  Kinda like I have.) [...]

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