How an Economy Grows and Why it Doesn't: A Review

How an Economy Grows and Why it Doesn't: A Review

This article first appeared in Issue 21: Bitcoin & Art. A Book by Irwin Schiff. I often cop a lot of flack for claiming that the fundamental laws of economics, like the laws of physics, are immutable. I stand by this statement because the basic principles of economics are based on scientific logic. The only reason they are so poorly understood is because....


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