Wealth Generation and the Market Economy

Tags: Free Markets

05/13/2025 Frank Shostak

A free market economy does not generate jobs or money. Instead, it creates wealth through exchange and production. Government intervention, contrary to what mainstream economists believe, does not enhance wealth, but instead destroys it.

Original article: Wealth Generation and the Market Economy

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