I didn't see it as a lament. It read more like a warning not to try to tinker with the economy by investing in business in the hope of creating jobs. One could

I didn't see it as a lament. It read more like a warning not to try to tinker with the economy by investing in business in the hope of creating jobs. One could easily read this article as being pro-Free market. It's just saying "Stop trying to game the free market, that doesn't work."