America was not intended to be a pure free-market society
absent government regulation. The very text of the Constitution makes this clear
Article I Section 8 begins with the words The Congress shall have Power to
among those power one notes the following, each of which is in some way an infringement of an absolutely free market
lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises
regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes
establish . . . Uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States
fix the Standard of Weights and Measures
promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and
