>When someone says "Economies should" what they're actually saying is: "I wish the government would spend a lot of money or pass a lot of laws to force the econ

>When someone says "Economies should" what they're actually saying is: "I wish the government would spend a lot of money or pass a lot of laws to force the economy in the direction I want". If you don't, somebody else will, and if you don't have political representation in that policymaking you're not going to end up a winner.