Corruption in the System

04/02/2026 Carlos Boix

Government corruption isn’t an anomaly. It is part of the system itself. We should expect government to be corrupt. Free markets are the antidote to this corruption.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/corruption-system

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