'Capitalism will continue to eliminate mass poverty in more and more places and to an increasingly marked extent if it is merely permitted to do so.' — Henry Hazlitt (1996). “The Conquest of Poverty”

Few things would astonish your pre-industrial ancestors more than the fact that a half-dozen bacon and cheese bread rolls can be had for less than 15 minutes of unskilled labor at the average U.S. wage. 🥓

In his 2014 work, 'Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper', Robert Bryce shows how 'innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong,' and how human ingenuity continues to push progress forward. It might be a decade old, but it's still a must-read. play.google.com/store/audioboo…