Corporations Versus the Market; or, Whip Conflation Now

?Defenders of the free market are often accused of being apologists for big business and shills for the corporate elite. Is this a fair charge? No and yes. Emphatically no?because corporate power and the free market are actually antithetical; genuine competition is big business's worst nightmare. But also, in all too many cases, yes ?because although liberty and plutocracy cannot coexist, simultaneous advocacy of both is all too possible.?