At BYU in Economics, I was trained with a very conservative world view on politics and economics. You prove models with mathematics and optimization and use them to look at various economic and political issues.
In the aggregate and assuming certain facts about behavior of individuals and entities, extreme conservative view of the world is an accurate one.
But individuals and entities don't ALWAYS behave the way you would assume they do, and even if they did, the aggregate positive picture doesn't always outweigh the harm you do on certain individuals.
As I get older and observe the world, I become more liberal/moderate. I see the effect on certain individuals and groups and see that they will get chewed up and destroyed by the unchecked capitalist system. A good government system can provide for a capitalist society but help alleviate where things can be unfair. I think we have about as good a system as you can hope for in the US of A, but we're always facing new issues.
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