Growth and change characterize free markets. Policies that prevent firms from responding to changing consumer wants will serve only to impoverish Americans. The freer an economy, the greater is its average income growth. When government intervenes in the workings of the free market, income growth slows. The view that the market economy has killed the American dream is simply false.
Individuals are healthier than ever.
They live longer than ever. More jobs are being created than cut. Individual incomes are rising over time. There is great mobility up the income ladder. The market economy is the greatest institution for social cooperation ever developed.