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Nine Day Fortnight Is Economic Lunacy
Echoing comments made by Austrian economists such as George Reisman and Peter Schiff, Libertarianz leader Richard
McGrath said attempts by governments to intervene during a time of market correction will prove counter-productive and
costly in the long run.
“The nine-day fortnight is just the latest example of voodoo economics, promoted by ignoramuses, whereby successful
businesses will be forced to subsidise the unsuccessful,” said Dr McGrath. “The alternative would be for the government
to stand back, and allow successful industries and employers to expand and flourish so they can soak up unemployment by
hiring staff and reallocating resources from failing enterprises.”
“The reality is that some businesses have to be allowed to go under,” he added. “There is no point propping up doomed
industries and companies whose products are unwanted or whose structure is unsound. Winners – those who sell products
and services for which there is actual demand – should not be sacrificed to losers. Governments have a bad habit of
backing losers, or for turning those they try to support into losers. The Libertarianz Party believe in allowing the
necessary adjustment in trade markets to occur without political interference.”
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