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Don’t Eat Your Dog: The Surprising Moral Case for Free Enterprise
Don’t Eat Your Dog: The Surprising Moral Case for Free Enterprise
Jul 4, 2024 1:07 PM

At the most recent Acton University, American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks gave a brilliant and paradigm-shifting speech on why advocates of free enterprise need to explain why it is the most moral, most fair, and most helpful system for alleviating poverty. You can download it here. (It’ll be the best 49 cents you spend this week.)

I was thrilled to discover today that AEI has created an animated video that covers much the same material as in his lecture. Watch the whole thing. (It’ll be the best 8 minutes you spend this week.)

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