They do know better, so they tell such lies

The State says markets must be stabilized,
without the government the world would end.
They do know better, so they tell such lies.

The markets fluctuate, they realize,
the ups and downs are proof--unstable trends,
the State says, markets must be stabilized.

The Marxists and Keynesians obliged
to state against the laws that truth defends.
They do know better, so they tell such lies.

Could they be all mistaken, men of size
and stature whose great minds all comprehend?
The State says markets must be stabilized,

and State economists do all realize
without State power, what for them portends?
They do know better, so they tell such lies.

They're willing to perpetuate the lies,
though markets do work best without their friends.
The State says markets must be stabilized.
They do know better, so they tell such lies.

(C)2008, Christos Rigakos