January 2017

Republican Judo

January 25, 2017

I’m a lifelong Republican because experience and evidence have repeatedly demonstrated that: Well-informed individuals operating in markets outperform well-intentioned bureaucrats implementing grand multi-year strategies; Where markets can’t Read More

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