In the past few weeks we’ve been led to believe that greed, and greed alone, was our undoing and thus placed us squarely in this economic morass. And to some degree this account has merit, but as Mr. Friedman points out in this dated, yet timeless explanation, what society doesn’t run on greed? And to that end, the free enterprise system has no equal in the annals of history as an economic engine that powers prosperity for the people.