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What you describe is not capitalism. It's cronyism. The US healthcare market is far from a free market; hasen't been for 50 years.


Yes, what he described is not True Capitalism™.


Given that Smith created capitalism in order to argue against cronyism (NOT socialism), it seems odd to criticize capitalism for cronyism.


Smith "created capitalism"? Per Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism): "The term capitalism, in its modern sense, comes from the writings of Karl Marx." You may want to read its section "Etymology and early usage" for more perspective. Then look up Adam Smith and "The Wealth of Nations".


One needn't coin the term to have created something.

Marx came after Smith - Marx's writings were in response to capitalism. Smith's writings were in response to mercantilism/cronyism/protectionism/imperialism.


By definition, it is not. What is your point?




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