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Ludwig von Mises

“All that society can achieve in these fields is to provide an environment which does not put insurmountable obstacles in the way of genius’s and makes the common man free enough from material concerns to become interested in things other than mere breadwinning... the foremost social means of making a man more human is to fight poverty. Wisdom and science and the arts the way of genius and makes the common man free enough thrive better in a world of affluence than among needy peoples.”

Ludwig von Mises, Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
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Human Action: A Treatise on Economics Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig von Mises
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