This Isn’t the Path to Growth and Prosperity

This Isn’t the Path to Growth and Prosperity
People wearing protective masks are reflected in the mirror at a shopping mall in a file photo. Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Consumer retail spending is currently one of the few measures of economic activity that hasn’t hit the skids. It rose two months ago, and was unchanged last month, but there’s every indication that it’s rising again, as people dig deep to pay much higher bills while trying their best not to dial back their lifestyles.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]
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