Tag: Mises Article
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Poverty Feasts on Anti-Poverty Sentiment
“In politics, the great nonsequitur of our time is that (1) things are not right, and that (2) the government should make them right.”— Thomas Sowell (The Quest for Cosmic Justice) Poverty is a persistent pest. It is the natural state of the animal kingdom, and humans alone have learned to overcome it. In fact,…
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Government Ownership of Petroleum
“It is as if the average human assumes that a coercive governance must be established or assigned despite the fact that such a government is often not very efficient or even involved in the outcomes we ultimately want, peace and prosperity.” Block and Sløk-Madsen, Who Should Own the North Pole? In many oil-producing countries, governments…
