America has problems, and essayist Umair Haque emphasizes several of them like school shootings and the opioid epidemic. He has no analysis of the causes of these problems, but that doesn’t stop him from ending up by blaming “extreme capitalism” and “no public investment” as two major causes. Total American government spending at all levels is estimated at 38 percent of all spending. No matter how flawed that estimate is, this provides no evidence for “no public investment”. As for extreme capitalism, there are over 1 million federal regulations in this country that negate capitalism and replace it with a … Continue reading “Extreme Capitalism” Is Not Our Problem