Wednesday, August 10. 2005Economics in One Lesson
One could read lots of good articles like this one by John Stossel, or master a single principle that explains everything important about the role of economics in a nation's security: the more free a country is free, the wealthier, and therefore the stronger it is.
 Here is the one graph you should explain to your children and everyone you know. Here is a more complete discussion. There are two forces in all countries: respecting private property vs. the drive to use the coercive power of the government to control it. The idea that governments could be used for altruism is a naive fantasy. The evil genius of the jihad strategy is that it has found our Achilles' heel: freedom entails the ability to import Trojan horses full of jihadis. See, for example: Pakistani Imam Accused of Planning Terror Training in California Briton Accused of Planning Terrorist Camp in Oregon Click here to subscribe to our email list and receive a daily summary of our top blog stories.
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