Oh! The one that found success with the Laffer Curve. Right.
Freedom isn't an idea. It's an actual place. In terms of kingdoms a free peoples kingdom is a Freedom; and you don't have to pay someone for the right to exist.
Oddly enough we agree, there is a faction in the US pursuing its own agenda.
Hard to measure both over long and short timescales, since so many factors affect the willingness of people to invest personal effort and risk toward earning.
You might have more success looking at the amounts while attempting to control for more factors; but of course, you could make it worse, because statistics is hard!
Freedom isn't an idea. It's an actual place. In terms of kingdoms a free peoples kingdom is a Freedom; and you don't have to pay someone for the right to exist.
Oddly enough we agree, there is a faction in the US pursuing its own agenda.