larre - I always really appreciate your posts. This is a subject I know very little about and I learned much from your piece. It is very sad to see the belief that a free market is the magic key for creating a more prosperous society. Obviously, some are, but if the average person is worse off, it is a terrible price to pay.

If only the people of Ohio could have anticipated the Kyrgyztanis' democratic instinctics!
BTW: how does one say in Kyghystan 'being gone done on aint bad either'?