This is what Americans think the Free Market is all about...

[clb09]

http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/200...tomo/story.jpg

How can we change this?

[TastyWheat]

Who's the guy who's warning them about the bubble? Is it supposed to be a real person?

[clb09]

Who's the guy who's warning them about the bubble? Is it supposed to be a real person?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman

[Deborah K]

How sad that marxist liberals don't understand that the 'hand' is NOT free market but central banking.

[danberkeley]

it's a joke, right?

[ClayTrainor]

Liberals actually think we have a free market. Their ignorance is pretty sad...

[Crash Martinez]

Um, the way I read the comic, it appears that the "central banking" types are the "scientists" trying to rein in the hand and prevent it from destroying whatever it will. This is quite accurate. Notice the futility of throwing billions of dollars at the so-called problem. If the "invisible" hand is understood as market forces of supply and demand, which will work mightily to correct even a heavily government-manipulated market, then this comic not only makes sense, it is clearly written from a legitimately Capitalist (if not outright Austrian) economic point of view.

[carlangaslangas]

Um, the way I read the comic, it appears that the "central banking" types are the "scientists" trying to rein in the hand and prevent it from destroying whatever it will. This is quite accurate. Notice the futility of throwing billions of dollars at the so-called problem. If the "invisible" hand is understood as market forces of supply and demand, which will work mightily to correct even a heavily government-manipulated market, then this comic not only makes sense, it is clearly written from a legitimately Capitalist (if not outright Austrian) economic point of view.

That's how I understood it too.

[clb09]

this comic not only makes sense, it is clearly written from a legitimately Capitalist (if not outright Austrian) economic point of view.

Uh, this guy is NO Free Marketer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tomorrow

http://thismodernworld.com/date/2008/10/02/

http://thismodernworld.com/date/2008/10/03/

http://thismodernworld.com/date/2008/11/05/

http://thismodernworld.com/date/2008/11/29/