Openshaw: Vote with Your Feet: Free States Are Happier and Richer

09/17/2015 Mises Wire Mises Institute

Mises Daily Thursday by Gabriel Openshaw:

The reality on the ground is that states with more libertarian free market policies enjoy better results: greater median incomes, a more equitable distribution, less poverty, greater success for minorities and immigrants, and higher overall levels of happiness and well-being

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