There's No Free World

by | Jul 7, 2017

There's No Free World

by | Jul 7, 2017

The late great economist Peter Bauer used to say there is no “Third World,” i.e., no sharp line dividing developed from undeveloped countries. Rather, there is a development spectrum along which countries sit.
Mutatis mutandis, there is no “Free World.” So stop calling Trump the leader of it.

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman

Sheldon Richman is the former executive editor of The Libertarian Institute and a contributing editor at Antiwar.com. He is the former senior editor at the Cato Institute and Institute for Humane Studies; former editor of The Freeman, published by the Foundation for Economic Education; and former vice president at the Future of Freedom Foundation. His latest books are Coming to Palestine and What Social Animals Owe to Each Other.

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