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Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
The weakness of democracy is that the assumption that all men are equal and capable of equal contribution to the common good is flawed.
Kuan Yew Lee • The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
The key to thinking like an economist is recognizing the trade-offs inherent to fiddling with markets.
Charles Wheelan • Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)
The political philosopher Danielle Allen makes a powerful argument that the fundamental purpose of the American public education system is to ensure an informed citizenry.
Ethan Zuckerman • Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them
As President Lyndon B. Johnson said in 1965, “You do not take a person who, for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him up to the starting line of a race and then say, ‘You are free to compete with all the others,’ and still justly believe that you have been completely fair.” As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun wrote
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When attempts are made to overrule the natural expressions of the General Market, higher prices are inevitable.