On AlterNet: free markets

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Michael Moore: Why Republicans Are Always Worried That Their Pet Corporations Might Face Real Free Market Competition

Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com. October 21, 2010.

Whenever corporate executives begin talking about how they support "free markets" and "competition," check to see if you still have your wallet.

There's No Such Thing as a Free Market -- Just a Matter of Who Pays for It

Terrence McNally, Raj Patel, AlterNet. February 19, 2010.

Raj Patel argues that the corporate capture of government and our current financial crisis are the result of our bankrupt political system.

Talk to Me Like I'm 4: Why Our Health Care System Failed Us and How We Can Fix It

J. Goodrich, AlterNet. February 12, 2009.

The United States' health care system is like a patchwork quilt that we keep trying to mend when, really, we need a new one.

Naomi Klein: Public Revolt Builds Against Rip-off Rescue Plans for the Economy

Naomi Klein, The Nation. February 6, 2009.

Governments that respond to a crisis created by free-market ideology with the same bad ideas will not survive to tell the tale.

The Education of Alan Greenspan

Donald Cohen, Huffington Post. October 31, 2008.

Throughout the period of conservative dominance there were always those who understood the fallibility of unregulated markets.

Wal-Mart: The Ultimate Corporate Welfare Queen

Joshua Holland, June 5, 2007.

A new project intended to expose Wal-Mart's massive tax-payer subsidies goes right to the heart of conservatives' Big Lie about embracing free markets.