• • Rules can also boost liberty 
William L. Holahan and Charles O. Kroncke, St. Petersburg Times (FL) Capitalism  |Ron Johnson  | For example, governments regulate banks to prevent financial meltdowns; specify the minimum contents of health insurance policies; and impose the progressive income tax. Based on an incomplete understanding of [Adam] Smith and the modern economics he founded, and often relying more on Ayn Rand novels than on rigor, many pundits, politicians and self-proclaimed "conservatives" maintain that all government restrictions on markets are inefficient and limit freedom.   Published: 2012-07-09