Can “The Market” Provide Solutions?

When I talked a  few days ago about why your business does not need a bailout, there was a method to my madness.   The method has to do with the market and the ability of the market to provide real solutions to small businesses problems.  The question is, can the market provide solutions for small business? This question of free market effectiveness has come up from time-to-time since the economy started experiencing serious difficulty.  Many blame the market for the problems that the current economy is having.  For some people it seems outrageous to have the same vehicle (our current free market) get us out of the trouble that many feel