Self-defeating moral views and creativity-sapping state control give us reason to be pessimistic about the future, but the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and the market makes us optimistic. These opposing forces will shape the institutions that determine the course of our economic future.
Peter J. Boettke is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University.
Business and EntrepreneurshipEconomic PolicyEconomyFree Market EconomicsGovernment and PoliticsGovernment PowerRegulation
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