No, the free market didn't. People like Sara Josephine Baker did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Josephine_Baker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Josephine

No, the free market didn't. People like Sara Josephine Baker did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Josephine_Baker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Josephine_Baker The free market creates slums. "People are willing to pay for it!" is the phrase that defines the free market. And yes, people are willing to pay to live in slums… when there are no laws, or no enforcement of laws, to protect their interests, because they are powerless, ignorant, undocumented, poor.