How Economics Became a Religion

The Pursuit of an Unattainable Ideal

Whenever I write an essay about the economy failing because of too much capitalism, the same hue and cry goes up, immediately: “but America doesn’t even have pure capitalism!”

Ah, I see. Let’s think about it for a moment. I can buy a machine gun, a machete, body armour, and go shoot up a school. I must buy healthcare…