How to Change the World: Entrepreneurship vs. Politics

2026 Oklahoma City Mises Circle Per Bylund

Tags: Entrepreneurship, Antipolitics, Bureaucracy and Regulation, The Entrepreneur

02/25/2026 Per Bylund

Dr. Per Bylund contrasts the futility of politics with the quiet power of entrepreneurship, showing how innovative businesses like Uber and Amazon actually dismantle regulations, reshape institutions, and push the state back more effectively than any protest movement or election.

Recorded in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on February 21, 2026. Special thanks to Michael and Beverley Starkey and Gil Robinson for sponsoring this event.

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