Institutions of Innovation and Prosperity - The Centre for Independent Studies

Western nations benefit from social institutions that create prosperity & liberty. Our future prosperity depends on avoiding the temptation to believe we can bring greater prosperity by interfering with the processes of institutional innovation.

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