Will Anyone Defend Free-Market Principles?

Dictionary Definition of Craven:
lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted 

Chairman Trump: has the US turned its back on free-market capitalism?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/chairman-trump-us-economy
Republicans once believed governments should get out of the way. Trump is making his influence felt in every corner of the American economy.

The calculated silence of America’s business and finance leaders
https://www.ft.com/content/bd5a7374-63ae-49eb-a714-dcff03fa764b

Corporate America is silent as Trump abandons free-market principles
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/business/companies-trump-free-market 

Corporate America’s Newest Activist Investor: Donald Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/business/trump-intel-us-steel-nvidia.html
The president is demanding government stakes in U.S. companies. Experts see some similarities to state-managed capitalism in other parts of the world.

Investors grapple with Trump’s corporate America by Katie Martin
https://www.ft.com/content/cac34e31-b4b9-4a72-ac06-3d72687bee3f
It is no longer left to the invisible hand of capitalism to figure out who are the winners. 

The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism with American Characteristics
https://www.wsj.com/economy/the-u-s-marches-toward-state-capitalism-with-american-characteristics-f75cafa8
President Trump is imitating Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into economy.

Trump’s strongman capitalism risks killing American enterprise
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/17/trumps-strongman-capitalism-will-kill-american-enterprise/
The US president’s interference in business runs against his country’s great traditions.