Ignorance, as well as disapproval for the natural restraints placed on market excesses that capitalism and sound markets impose, cause our present leaders to reject capitalism and blame it for all the problems we face. If this fallacy is not corrected and capitalism is even further undermined, the prosperity that the free market generates will be destroyed.

Pillars of Prosperity: Free Markets, Honest Money, Private Property (ed. Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2008) - ISBN: 9781933550244