A Future of Freedom and Prosperity

Civilisation flourishes when citizens take a long-term view of life– when they focus on future satisfaction rather than instant gratification. Economists refer to this as having a low time preference.

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A preponderance of citizens with low time preferences enables us to create pleasant, free and affluent societies.

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Economically, when we forego consumption and save for the future, we accumulate capital that entrepreneurs can use to fund projects that make work more productive.

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Socially, being a good citizen becomes important. We look after relationships and value our reputation. We care for our children, pass on our values to them, and ensure they have a good education.

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The dominant political ideology of the past century – the social democratic welfare state - has put a brake on progress. When taxes and debt are high; when more than half the citizens are net beneficiaries of government largesse; when the growth of the public sector workforce outpaces the private sector; when laws and regulations are flexible and unpredictable; then there is less incentive to to work hard and take risks. Consequently, there is less productive activity and less self-reliance; and more consumption, dependency, recklessness, hedonism and crime. Moreover, governments are forever creating new schemes to rectify the deficiencies created by their prior interventions. 

But despite such wrong-headedness, human ingenuity prevails. Overall, mankind is more prosperous and more civilised than ever.

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My books and my blogs are based on the tenets of Austrian Economics.

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The Fragility of Freedom  provides a basic understanding of the cultural heritage of Western Civilisation and proposes a moral society based on the principle of subsidiarity.   (Click to view Topher Field's video of the launch.)

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The Fortunate explores the ideas which have created the free and affluent societies that we enjoy.

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My books are published by Connor Court.           CLICK HERE TO ORDER

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