My way has not been tried since about the middle of the Nineteenth Century. It was fairly successful then and could be again, but the interventionists among us -- the same folks, by and large, who distrust markets, free elections, competition unless it's regulated by the government -- have a solid lock on the media, the government and nearly every large corporation.
It will take something more devastating than the attacks of 9/11 to relax their grip, if that's even possible.