Wall Street Journal (April 24)
“Europe’s voters have already swept several governments from office, and they seem ready to sweep out more. But what really needs to be swept away is the dominant and debilitating consensus that government spending can conjure prosperity.”
Tags: Europe, Government, Prosperity, Spending, Voters
Washington Post (April 2)
“Though some visitors to China, dazzled by the high-rises and humming factories, may miss the point, the true sources of long-run stability and prosperity, for any nation, are the rule of law and transparent government. China still has neither.”
Tags: China, Government, Law, Prosperity, Transparency
Los Angeles Times (November 7)
With much talk of the growing wealth divide, it’s worth noting that “from 1776 to the present, the bottom 60% of the American population…has never had more than 11% of the country’s wealth. We may embrace the American dream of broad prosperity and wealth equity, but we have never been close to achieving it.”
Tags: Equity, Prosperity, U.S., Wealth
