​How Wise Are Our Political Leaders?

​How Wise Are Our Political Leaders?
View of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Aug. 1, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
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We are less than two weeks from the midterm elections. Many Americans have high hopes that we will elect people who will lead us to a brighter future. My hopes are more modest. I just hope they don’t mess things up too much.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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