The fact is that this market fundamentalism is simply consistent demand for individual human liberty, nothing less or more. It is now targeted as something bad because “fundamentalism” has been associated with terrorism and mindlessness. But, why not be a fundamentalist here? Why should democracy, for example, be allowed to limit our economic liberty? Who are these majorities, with some kind of mysterious moral authority, to...
force others---to conform to various terms before they may carry on their commercial or economic activities? Isn’t it the point of the famous example of the unruly lynch mob that individuals may not be sent off to the gallows or otherwise limited in their liberty unless it has been demonstrated, by way of due process, that they have forfeited their right to liberty?
I have nothing against the basic points of your linked article:
Why I Am a Free Market Fundamentalist
Address:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/725625/posts
But I don't much like the use of the term, in that context. A 'free market' is not normally advocated by those who believe in 'strict orthodoxy'. To me, the language tends to confuse the issue.