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Josh Waters
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Bribes really weren’t necessary in their part of the country. Take any form of growth, from high-end gated communities to low-end shopping centers, fix up a slick brochure filled with half-truths, label it “economic development” with the
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“Slower growth and the increasing perception that rewards are handed out by government on the basis of political pull, rather than earned in the competitive marketplace, encourage polarization and social conflict.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“3. We believe that people spend their own money more prudently than they spend other people’s money. So goods and services produced in the competitive marketplace are likely to be produced more efficiently and with more regard for real consumer demand than goods produced by government, and thus we should try to keep as many aspects of life as possible outside the control of government.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“Economic freedom means that people are free to produce and to exchange with others.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“When rights become merely legal claims attached to interests and preferences, the stage is set for political and social conflict.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
“the most important factor in America’s economic future—in raising everyone’s standard of living—is not land, or money, or computers; it’s human talent.”
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
― The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
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