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Gary Becker asks: Is the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs Severely Wounded?

"Will this financial crisis mark a substantial retreat from the world's movement during the past several decades toward a competitive market system?" Professor Gary Becker asks in a posting on the Becker-Posner Blog. "Many journalists and others have been suggesting that this crisis will lead to much more active government involvement in the economy, and even induce a return toward government ownership of many companies in the non-financial as well as the financial sector." Becker is University Professor in Economics, Sociology and the Graduate School of Business.

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