You know, I've been thinking a lot lately about economic rationalism. About how we've had almost 20 years of idiot economists banging on about the benefits, joys and superiority of market forces.
Governments are too big and spend too much, they say.
The government shouldn't be in business, shouldn't be running telecommunications, or electricity, or water or gas. Let the market provide. The market can deliver all those things better and cheaper, they say. Competition, a level playing field, deregulation and privatisation, that's the way to go forward, they reckon. God help us, they even think that handing over welfare services to the churches is the way to go.