… is from page 36 of University of Notre Dame philosopher James Otteson’s excellent and hot-off-the-Cambridge-University-Press book, Seven Deadly Economic Sins (2021) (original emphasis):
The story of increasing worldwide wealth over the last two centuries has resulted from allowing ever more people to engage in mutually voluntary and mutually beneficial transactions without third-party interposition.


The story of increasing worldwide wealth over the last two centuries has resulted from allowing ever more people to engage in mutually voluntary and mutually beneficial transactions without third-party interposition.
