Economic Inequality
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Inequality is a good thing in the free market. Economic equality is a disastrous government policy that leads to economic ruin for all—including the poor and workers.
Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU23_PPT_36.
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 28 July 2023.