Sears Chairman, Eddie Lampert, suggests that stockholders should read Hayek in these troubling economic times. He specifically suggests Road to Serfdom and The Fatal Conceit.

Sadly, I have not actually read these two works by Hayek–I really should. It is nice to see that Lampert is suggesting stockholders to read about the Austrian viewpoint of the situation we are in. It is good to see that not every head of big corporations are capitalists in good times and socialists in bad times.

“As a country, we need to rebuild confidence and trust and to understand what happened. Whether by business or by government, the misdiagnosis of situations leads to poor prescriptions for rehabilitation and recovery. When the misdiagnosis is done at the federal government level and involves large parts of a national economy, the consequences can be swift and significant.”

We absolutely need to understand what happened. The mainstream media has misdiagnosed the problem and is applying the wrong treatment. The swift and significant consequences of a poor prescription will be a long and extended depression.

By Tommy Leung

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