The Need for Beauty in Economics

Tags: Libertarianism, Media and Culture, Strategy

10/21/2022 Jeff Deist

Free Markets are often criticized for producing ugly, dystopian, consumer-driven landscapes, but is this true? Jeff explains how we need more than intellectual appeal to advance the cause of liberty—we need an appeal to beauty.

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