An Unregulated Free Market?

Has the current economic crisis been caused by “an unregulated free market” as some in the media would have us believe? To a libertarian or small-government conservative, the answer is clearly “no,” but specifically listing the many ways in which government policies have led us down the current, destructive path is another matter. This is a great posting that explains how we got here and the myriad ways in which the supposedly “unregulated free market” has been undermined and twisted by government policies.