A particular twist in recent times was added by Bob Dole and Newt Gingrich in the US, and Premiers Michael Harris and Ralph Klein in Canada. Needless to say, if we believe that our foresisters and brothers would have never formed unions. If we wait for the invisible hand of the market, we'll be waiting a long time. Markets have their uses, but they are not to be confused with democratic institutions. Markets might be useful in determining price of goods, but they should never be used as mechanisms for determining our values as a community.
Markets are oblivious to morals.
They were never designed to be moral instruments. A market can and has existed in anything. To take an example from our own history, a slave market thrived on this continent for over 300 years. And this market did not collapse on its own. Markets are no substitute for the democratic process.