methinks that these were *exactly the ones ol' P.J. was referring to

You could be right.

Extract from book review of "Eat the Rich":

"P.J.'s conclusion in a nutshell: the free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except there's nothing in the mall and if you don't go there they shoot you."

http://www.bookbrowse.com/dyn_/title/titleID/215.htm