Markets have never been free. Policy has always dictated the winners and losers, even in cases of state deregulated markets (who gets federal subsidies, who ma

Markets have never been free. Policy has always dictated the winners and losers, even in cases of state deregulated markets (who gets federal subsidies, who makes out better given lack of state regulation, who paid for that regulation, etc.) The ideal of a free market is simply not compatible with reality.