free markets
one criteria for a healthy functioning free market is no barrier to entry. everyone knows that. lots (well maybe some) of government policy is geared towards achievement of this goal. however, the other side is equally important. there can be no barrier to exit. which might be a bit of a head scratcher in normal times. that's like so duh it's confusing to even state it. yet here we are bailing out companies left right center. which effectively creates a barrier to exit. and if you have all these inefficient companies hogging up all the business, there's no room for new efficient companies to enter the market. in a misguided attempt to keep from losing, we've guaranteed we're going to lose.