Authoritarianism Is Not Compatible with Economic Progress: Freedom Is Indivisible

Tags: Economic Freedom, The Police State

01/10/2023 Patrick Barron

The belief that a free market economy needs an authoritarian state to support it is mistaken. Mises said it best when he wrote that “freedom is indivisible.”

Original Article: “Authoritarianism Is Not Compatible with Economic Progress: Freedom Is Indivisible”

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