* I say "usually" a benefit to us all because there are many examples of the market screwing folks over. Housing costs is a pretty good example. But overall, the Market has raised the standard of living in every country on earth, except for those who actively suppress the it. But even Communist Countries, famed for market suppression, have because some sort of weird Communist/Capitalist hybrid. We lost the Vietnam war, but it turns out that might have been simply a battle for global trade. We lost the battle but if you look at our modern trade relationship with Vietnam, we won the war.
* I say "usually" a benefit to us all because there are many examples of the market screwing folks over. Housing costs is a pretty good example. But overall, the Market has raised the standard of living in every country on earth, except for those who actively suppress the it. But even Communist Countries, famed for market suppression, have because some sort of weird Communist/Capitalist hybrid. We lost the Vietnam war, but it turns out that might have been simply a battle for global trade. We lost the battle but if you look at our modern trade relationship with Vietnam, we won the war.