What
follows is an initial letter followed by links (coming soon) to a series
of letters that were penned to a "business columnist" who seemed to be an
"anti-business" columnist. The person has moved on to other work and
thus remains nameless here because the anti-business philsophy was not unique
to this columnist. The letters are reprinted to point other journalists
to freedom.
Dear business columnist:
Your columns (including that Tuesday piece) seem to follow a pattern:
1. Here is a problem that hasn't been solved by the government (and
you explain how the regulations that already exist don't work, and/or how
additional regulations that you think would work aren't being imposed).
2. You then wrap it up by essentially saying: Because the government hasn't/won't
solve this problem I'm going to have to now give you people (the readers)
advice on how to deal with the problem.
That's a pretty pathetic formula for writing. It
is heavy-duty statist thinking. It's as if you regret that you have
to write a business column, and that your chore of writing is simply proof
that the government hasn't done enough. It is as if it would be nice
if the government would "do it's job and fix everything" so that you wouldn't
have to write anymore.
Try to develop a greater appreciation and understanding
of individual and economic freedom and of how the market solves problems.
It is ironic that you are one of the ways the market solves problems (by
people like you giving advice) though you seem to consider your service a
flaw in the market system, and that it is a flaw that should continually
be eliminated through government intervention.