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Dead Wrong: The Good Old Days

Things are out of control nowadays. There must have been some previous harmonious era when everything was perfect. The good old days. Dead Wrong.

Johan Norberg — Dec 13, 2017

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    Johan Norberg is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He is the author of, "Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future."

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