When governments invent new markets, expect trouble
US ethanol credits debacle highlights problems with fiat markets
Markets are a product of human action, but not human design. This statement was made famous by Friedrich Hayek, the best-known figure in the so-called Austrian school of economics. But it actually dates back to 18th century Scottish philosopher Adam Ferguson, who wrote: "Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not
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