RMIT economist Steven Kates worries “far too many tertiary students, are ignorant of the economic realities about free market, prosperity and political freedom.” So, he has written a pamphlet for the Centre for Independent Studies, on the importance of markets in increasing prosperity and protecting freedom, which “aims to cover the knowledge gap he commonly sees in university students.” Good luck with that, to paraphrase the King James Bible, Mark, Six: Four, a prophet can be ignored in their own classroom.
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