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Newsies is after innocent fun, but, unfortunately, can never go beyond it. The story, which is meant to be less an assault on capitalism than a celebration of a victory over injustice, lacks the effect of sincerity which would stick with you long after you leave the theater. In a...
Then there is the matter of basic economics. James McConkey can't scientifically prove it, but his hunch is that people who drive 20 miles to a Wal-Mart, and so contribute to the decline of their town, end up paying higher taxes, which is a premium for the merchandise...
Some of this was surely inevitable in our moiling capitalism; Wal-Mart, perhaps, has done no more than finish off bad shopkeepers and lazy combines. Its bright, clinic-clean stores are the boondocks miracle that Walton wrought.
The princess finds him a solution in capitalism, which "The Imported Flowers of Progress" bring with them to Utopia.
Basically we like the free market only as long as the trend is up. As soon as the inevitable downturn occurs, we complain bitterly and expect the government to fix things. We want to have it both ways -- the energy and dynamism of capitalism, plus stability and security. It is...