True, the free market ignores the poor precisely as it does not recognize the wealthy - it is 'no respecter of persons'
Leonard ReadIf we remove the hope of profit as a means to alleviate misfortune - poverty, illness, misery, disaster - we shall increase our misfortunes and make them permanent.
Leonard ReadIt [the free market] is an organizational way of doing things, featuring openness, which enables millions of people to cooperate and compete without demanding a preliminary clearance of pedigree, nationality, color, race, religion, or wealth. It demands only that each person abide by voluntary principles, that is, by fair play. The free market means willing exchange; it is impersonal justice in the economic sphere and excludes coercion, plunder, theft, protectionism, and other anti-free market ways by which goods and services change hands.
Leonard ReadIn market terms, one is entitled to what others will offer in willing exchange. That is all!
Leonard Read