Never in history has any society, group of people, had equal opportunity or access to resources that a different group of people have had. When government steps in to create this “balance” you speak of we create trade offs, not solutions.

There is something called “human capital” that needs to be developed. Those groups of individuals who fail to develop it tend to have less wealth and are less advanced. I used to believe equal outcomes will generate equal outcomes but this is not true. When government strives to orchestrate a “fairer and more just society for all” government can and historically has made it worse for those who it intends to help through social programs and other legislation aimed at creating this balance.

Reading quotes from this book only captures a small snapshot of how economics works. If you really want to challenge your most deeply held philosophies and ideologies like I did please read this book. I got comfortable believing what I thought was true without putting those beliefs under scrutiny because of my lived experiences. However lived experiences are not realities of how entire economies operate and my sole or anyone else’s experiences cannot be used to project how government should respond to my lived experience.