This week, The Week has identified the quote of the week, from National Review Online. I wish to graciously disagree:
“Capitalism is the greatest system ever created for alleviating human misery, and yet it breeds ingratitude. People ask, ‘Why is there poverty in the world?’ It is a silly question. Poverty is the default human condition. We are born naked and penniless, bereft of skills or possessions. The interesting question isn’t, ‘Why is there poverty?’ It’s, ‘Why is there wealth?’ Or: ‘Why is there prosperity here but not there?”
Jonah Goldberg
