In this 1969 work, Henry Hazlitt explains why politicians who promise salvation through government are dangerous.
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Henry Hazlitt (1894–1993) was a well-known journalist who wrote on economic affairs for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek, among many other publications. He is perhaps best known as the author of the classic, Economics in One Lesson (1946).
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1969