Since the earlya 80's neoliberals have largely been responsible for the free market ideas that helped deregulate the banking system, financialize the US economy, and convince everyone that monetary policy was the end all be all. Of course, monetarism is now dead to the point where its followers have been forced to rebrand it. But never mind all of that. The systematic deconstruction of the US economy via these misguided economic theories are just a minor detail, right? Right? What a joke. The country is becoming a big joke..