Mr. and Mrs. Chalifoux faced eviction from their apartment, and with no place to turn, the jobless coal truck driver and his wife decided to sell their four children. Mrs. Lucille Chalifoux turns her head from camera above while her children sit below her. On the top step are Lana, 6, and Rae, 5. Below are Milton, 4, and Sue Ellen, 2, Chicago, Illinois, 1948 Source: Vidette-Messenger / Bettmann / CORBIS
![Aliens: "Explain to us: How do you decide how to allocate resources and who does what work on Earth?" Capitalist: [showing charts] "So you see, on Earth we have a free market, so resources are efficiently allocated to meet the needs of the people based on market principles like supply and demand. Entrepreneurs own the factories and workers sell their labor to them." Aliens: "How can you 'own' a factory?"... Encouraging Thoughts, Social Class, I Dont Understand, Economic Development, Lost Money, Jokes, Comics, Aliens, Charts](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/1b/57/ab/1b57ab37b3ab317c928d5a29ce7e1197.jpg)
