I think most people believe in free markets for people who sell things for them, but prefer protection for their own goods and services. It is human nature. I

I think most people believe in free markets for people who sell things for them, but prefer protection for their own goods and services. It is human nature. I would like to unpack our policy choices from an ideological wrapper like "free markets", which in theory everyone is in favor of and always relative. The label lets people get away with the lazy thinking that if business lobbies for X, it must be good for the economy, and if government wants to regulate Y it must be bad for the economy. Neither statement is always true. What we tend to believe is based on our prejudices rather than thinking about each choice on a case by case basis.