A Quote by Ayn Rand

While, politically, a mixed economy preserves the semblance of an organized society with a semblance of law and order, economically it is the equivalent of the chaos that had ruled China for centuries: a chaos of robber gangs looting-and draining-the productive elements of the country.

Ayn Rand

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Ayn Rand
Russian - Writer
February 2, 1905 - March 6, 1982

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