Capitalism Does Not Create Social Inequality

Tags: Economic Policy, Free Markets, Liberalism

12/21/2022 Lipton Matthews

Critics of capitalism claim that it is responsible for creating inequality in society. Yet the precapitalist societies enforced inequality in a rigid social structure.

Original Article: “Capitalism Does Not Create Social Inequality”

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