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“What private property does is connect effort to reward, creating an incentive for people to produce for more. Then, if there's a free market, people will trade their surpluses to others for the things they lack. Mutual exchange for mutual benefit makes the community richer.”

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John Stossel
John Stossel

John Stossel, born on March 6, 1947, is an American journalist known for his distinctive interviewing style and advocacy of free markets. more

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