Freedom and Prosperity

Description: A prosperous society is contingent on respect for individual life?

Transcript:

From a practical point of view, I mean one of the real things that’s making a huge difference – and today we’re seeing this in more and more places – is the idea of freedom – free markets, free minds, freedom of speech. Obviously it hasn’t penetrated everywhere yet; but increasingly we see more and more people are coming around to the idea that respect for individual rights is really important if you want to have a prosperous society. And I think that’s one of the things that shapes where we are today, and where we can go in the future if we wanna have a healthy society.

 

Recorded On: 8/10/07