How Bad Economic Policies Drive Out Good Entrepreneurs

Tags: Bureaucracy and Regulation, Cronyism and Corporatism, The Entrepreneur

06/25/2024 Raushan Gross

Like bad money driving out good money, government intervention can also create Gresham’s law conditions for entrepreneurs. Using the political process, bad entrepreneurs can get government to regulate entrepreneurial competition out of business.

Original Article: How Bad Economic Policies Drive Out Good Entrepreneurs

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