I think you're deluding yourself, and your arguments have the same tone as defenders of communism when they say "oh of course communism didn't work in the USSR,

I think you're deluding yourself, and your arguments have the same tone as defenders of communism when they say "oh of course communism didn't work in the USSR, but that's because they werent doing it properly!" Capitalism in 2016 is a hell of a lot less broken than capitalism in 1916 or 1816 when many markets were much less regulated. The answer is not "freer markets", but I agree with you that it's also not just more regulation. Instead, we need to be able to do more with less regulation, to have more efficient rules that make the economic game better fulfill its purpose of providing for everyone's needs and encouraging useful behaviours.