Going cold turkey to save cash doesn't have to be the answer.

WSJ: Text Messages: Bad 4 Grmr, Good for Savings

This and other themes about capitalism are covered in the forthcoming book, (Nov. 3), How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are The Best Answer In Today's Economy, by Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business).

FORBES: Capitalism: A True Love Story

Despite many people's incomplete understanding of free markets (which is why I, along with coauthor Elizabeth Ames, wrote How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy), there's a general appreciation that they usually work better than government-dominated ones.

FORBES: Active Government = Unstable Economy