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The Moral Causes And Consequences Of Economic Growth — Benjamin M. Friedman

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Importance of Relative Success

A harmonious society has to keep growing sustainably or it will descend into conflict and violence. Even a long democratic history does not necessarily immunize a country from becoming a democracy without Democrats. People need to feel a sense of forward progress, like a cyclist who has to keep pedaling or he'll topple over. Why are relative success and growth per se substitutes for compliments?

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