Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.
-Adam Smith
If you remember learning about FDR in publik skool, you probably heard about how many jobs his many, many programs during the Great Depression provided. About how popular he was because he seemed to be leading Americans out of fear and into wages and productivity again.
Of course, the publik skools …