Sohrab Ahmari has written a passionate indictment of the free market. The core of his indictment is expressed in one of the book’s epigraphs. It is from the Vulgate, and in translation reads: “Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the
Amity Shlaes is chairman of the board of trustees of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, she is a classical liberal, and she knows economics. She much appreciates Mises’s emphasis on property and bureaucracy, both of which influence her work. She has authored six books, including three New York Times bestsellers, on Calvin Coolidge, the
Sohrab Ahmari ha escrito un apasionado alegato contra el libre mercado. El núcleo de su acusación se expresa en uno de los epígrafes del libro. Es de la Vulgata, y en la traducción dice: «He aquí que los jornales que retuvisteis a los obreros que cosecharon vuestros campos están clamando en voz alta, y los gritos de los segadores han llegado a
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