[A. Pole]

There are people involved, making decisions that are almost never entirely rational; and quite often making their decisions based on fundamentally irrational impulses.

Yes, but it is freemarketeers who are irrational. If you have choice between having modest food on the table, modest roof over your head, very basic medical care and education for your children or having only "free" market system with "free" press you will chose the first.

Socialism with human face is better than capitalism without human face.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Socialism with human face is better than capitalism without human face.

Da, comrade.

[Sam's Army]

Just curious; where is capitalism currently operating "without a human face"?

[staytrue]

Socialism with human face is better than capitalism without human face.

I can find a lot of examples of capitalism with a human face. I can not find any of socialism with a human face. Every time socialism is tried, it deteroirates into an Orwellian nightmare where everyone is equal but some are more equal than others.