It seems the government is hard at work "supporting" the free markets, and to a certain degrees abandoning free market principles all together. This isn't new as government bailouts and trading halts have been part of our stock markets' history ever since John Pierpont Morgan, with the help of Teddy Roosevelt, stepped in to save the markets from panic selling in October 1907. In this post, we take a look at two interesting articles on the government policies with regards to the current economic disjunction and what they mean to investors. Will the Bear Stearns bailout work? What further steps need to be taken?