Poverty is most prolific in countries where people are artificially restricted from making a living, and property rights are not respected (i.e. their property is stolen from them).
- Such restrictions include the toxic soup of licences, regulations and artificial monopolies, all of which impede the free choice economy.
- Theft of property includes taxation, inflation and extortion (corruption & bribery).
All of these are examples of the penalties we face when we fail to adhere to the Legal Principle.
