Economic Policy Matters: The Example of Botswana vs. South Africa vs. Zimbabwe

March 29, 2018 by Dan Mitchell

What’s the best argument against statism?

As a libertarian, my answer is that freedom is preferable to coercion. Freedom also ranks higher than prosperity. For instance, the government might be able to boost economic output by requiring people to work seven days a week, but such a policy would be odious and indefensible  .As an economist, I have a more utilitarian perspective. The best argument ag

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