Defending the Rate Buster

Tags: Monetary Theory, Philosophy and Methodology, The Entrepreneur

06/23/2010 Walter Block

There is as much work to be done as there are unfulfilled desires. Therefore, no matter how much work the rate buster completes, he cannot possibly exhaust or even make an appreciable dent in the amount of work to be done, writes Walter Block.

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