New Russia: A reassesment

Proponents of capitalism will often remark that the free market meets the needs of the masses. Unequalities in society will be fixed by the all-powerfull "invisible hand" to quote Smith. Far too often, proponents of socialism or other alternatives will be derided with "facts" about the backwardness and ineffciency of any rival of the free market. I was heartened to recently read an article published in News