Question

Explain the ideologies implied by the statements of: the letter to the u.s. congress signed by 100 leading economists, joseph stiglitz, bob corker, the republican resolution on the bailouts, robert higgs, and michael winther.

Answer 1

The declarations of the letter to the U.S. Congress by the economists concerning the bailouts are evidently specified the disagreement of the source of the letter about the GM bailout. The document stated that the bailout would disrupt the notion of free market in U.S. and that it will break the people who held in the free market (Velasquez, 2012). Also, the bailout and government interference will shift the free market economy into socialism (ibid). The economists and other parties which is convoluted in the making of the letter, sustained the free market economy. They do not approve on government interruption as it disrupts the mechanism of the market that is free of any interference particularly from the government. The sources of the letter thought that it was GM’s own accountability to bail itself out of the insolvency. The bankruptcy was a consequence of bad management of the company and it was its own accountability to resolve the matter. The interference by the government will move the market mechanism. The bailout will disturb the equal right of the people of life, freedom, and possessions as what John Locke’s notion. Furthermore, government meddling will also lower the public’s safety based on Adam Smith’s theory.