Free markets mean the only way to make money legally is to provide a product or service that other people want to buy. And people want to be healthy, educated, engaged and safe. In other words, it takes advantage of the inherently selfish nature of people to make others better off.
> obesity is at all time highs
Obesity is a choice. I know people won't like me writing that. I know it is very hard to lose weight. It's still a choice, though. I don't see how making people less free would change that.
> gen Z is the first generation to score less on standardized tests than the generation before them
The government is the primary institution that provides education, not the free market.
> civilians killed by law enforcement is at an all time high
I don't see how that is a result of economic freedom.
> Economic freedom at it's extreme will only lead to a weakening of the middle class
The US was much more economically free in the 1800s than now, and the middle class became the dominant class, by far.
> consolidation of wealth among those holding the most wealth.
Wealthy people get that way in a free market by creating products and services that other people want. In other words, they do not "consolidate" wealth, they create it.
> obesity is at all time highs
Obesity is a choice. I know people won't like me writing that. I know it is very hard to lose weight. It's still a choice, though. I don't see how making people less free would change that.
> gen Z is the first generation to score less on standardized tests than the generation before them
The government is the primary institution that provides education, not the free market.
> civilians killed by law enforcement is at an all time high
I don't see how that is a result of economic freedom.
> Economic freedom at it's extreme will only lead to a weakening of the middle class
The US was much more economically free in the 1800s than now, and the middle class became the dominant class, by far.
> consolidation of wealth among those holding the most wealth.
Wealthy people get that way in a free market by creating products and services that other people want. In other words, they do not "consolidate" wealth, they create it.