Basitiat was spot on regarding system of plunder

2013-01-29T00:00:00Z Basitiat was spot on regarding system of plunder nwitimes.com
January 29, 2013 12:00 am

Although I disagree with many of his "free market" principles, Frederic Basitiat, touted as the "most brilliant economic journalist who ever lived" (1801-1850), was spot on with this: "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men, living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."

- Rick DeFlorio, South Haven

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