Visions of Liberty Quotes

“As President Obama once pointed out, “The free market is the greatest producer of wealth in history—it has lifted billions of people out of poverty.”12 By reducing taxes and regulations, libertarians would spur economic growth, increasing the overall wealth in society.”
― Aaron Ross Powell, Visions of Liberty

“Scholars at Villanova University found that our criminal justice policies have increased poverty by an estimated 20 percent. And another study found that a family’s probability of being poor is 40 percent greater if the father is imprisoned. Given that 5 million children have an imprisoned parent, that factor is an enormous contributor to poverty in America.”
― Aaron Ross Powell, Visions of Liberty

“A libertarian approach to poverty would instead attack the underlying causes of poverty, including structural barriers to economic success.”
― Aaron Ross Powell, Visions of Liberty

“One intellectual problem in describing a libertarian utopia is our ignorance of the future. We don’t know what will happen when people are free to create, invent, innovate, and trade.”
― Aaron Ross Powell, Visions of Liberty