The case against Free-Market values

ah, an old thread comes back to life. maybe. sometimes people talk about free-market economics like a bible thumper talks about God, and demonstrate a significant amount of faith in their chosen deity. Government "interference" may get out of hand, but a good deal of regulation can be attributed to real problems that affect the common good - i.e. people. Oftentimes, free market economics entail placing money first and people last, which is good for those with money, bad for those without. America today, with its relative sharing of the wealth and strong consumer market, has as much to do with labor unions and government "interference" as it does with so-called free market economics. Capitalism favors the wealthy and, in its purest form, historically seeks to inhibit any class mobility, guaranteeing a cheap source of labor. This is in our history, and is the current state in much of the "developing" world. Capital exploits the misery of others. Lah di dah. Other factors need to exist for an economic system to serve the greater good - i.e. people. Government regulation is an imperfect factor, but I'd hate to do without it. Unless I had oodles of money.