Remaking America by George Shollenberger, Idea XXX (A free market economy and its end)

In the USA, the Democrats and Republicans say that a free market economy is the true economy of a free nation. But what is a free nation? This question is answered by the popular statement ‘Man is freed by laws.’ This statement means that the freedom of the people of a free nation is not absolute but varies with the laws made by the self-government of a free nation. In the USA, the free market economy is determined by the laws made by its national government.

So, in 2009, when Barack Obama became the U.S. President and had to face an economic depression and rising unemployment, the national government acted to stimulate the economy by law. Like President Hoover, some legislators went against this spending action as if a free market economy will recover this depression without the help of the national government. Such legislators showed their ignorance.

If a self-government learns how to make more and more godly laws, a free market economy will slowly decrease and approach zero because these godly laws will change contingent economic activities to necessary economic activities. This means that economic ‘wants’ will slowly become economic ‘necessities.’ This change must take place because a free market economy has an end and a free nation also has an end. These ends occur when human life can no longer exist on planet earth because the sun darkens. This warning was taught by Jesus Christ in the Bible in Ch. 24 of Matthew.

Thus, the purpose of a free market economy is not to build the monetary wealth of a handful of people in the USA or to build power over international economics by free traders. A free market economy must build an economy that sends more and more children through our colleges and universities so that our legislators make more godly laws.