Meanwhile, just as Beijing may be considering taking another stride toward a more market-based economy, President Obama wants to move the United States toward a more state-directed one.

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The inherent self-correcting mechanism that is our free market economy can fix a hole in the dike faster and more efficiently than directed change from government dictate.

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