“Why was capitalism destroyed in spite of its incomparably beneficent record?”
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Socialism has impoverished and enslaved people for more than a century—and yet it’s growing in popularity, especially among young people. Capitalism has achieved more prosperity, progress, and flourishing than any system in history, and yet it has never been attacked more viciously. Why?
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- Why capitalism’s defenders, not its critics, are most responsible for capitalism’s destruction
- The 4 keystones of capitalism and the 2 questions that determine whether a social system is good or evil
- What causes economic progress (and why almost every economist gets this wrong)
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