Who Needs Personal Responsibility When We Can Just Trust Our Overlords?

01/28/2022Joakim Book

Across so many fields, from money to nutrition, I’ve found that the corollary to the government-heavy approach is a desire not to make choices for oneself.

Original Article: "Who Needs Personal Responsibility When We Can Just Trust Our Overlords?"

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Joakim Book

Joakim Book is a writer and professional editor. He holds degrees in economics and financial history from the University of Glasgow and University of Oxford, and was a Mises summer fellow in 2017. His main research interests are monetary economics and the history of central banks.