It’s a Depressing Time to Care About Free Markets

Published on October 8, 2026

Free-market-oriented economists probably live in a state of perpetual despair these days. Politicians and voters on both the left and right are turning on markets. Polls suggest widespread support for interventionist policies that economists long discarded for causing more harm than good.

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