Adam H. Phillips

What they’re describing isn’t “free market capitalism.” It’s the exact opposite. When CEOs brag that they can call the president or someone in the White House to get things done, that’s not the market working, that’s political favoritism and crony capitalism. In a real free market, businesses succeed by competing for customers, not by lobbying politicians or getting special access to the government. The fact that CEOs think the White House being “open for business” is a positive just shows how dependent corporate America has become on government influence. That’s not capitalism. That’s a government-managed economy.

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