![[Estonian Prime Minister] Mart Laar came to my office the other day to recount his country's remarkable transformation. He described a nation of people wh are harder-working, more virtuous - yes, more virtuous, because the market punishes immorality - and more hopeful about the future than they've ever been in their history. I asked Mr. Laar where his government got the idea for these reforms. Do you know what he replied? He said, "We read Milton Friedman and F. A. Hayek". (Friedrich Hayek)](https://cdn.quotesdtb.com/img/quotes_images_webp/59/friedrich-hayek-came-day-1007559.webp)
[Estonian Prime Minister] Mart Laar came to my office the other day to recount his country's remarkable transformation. He described a nation of people wh are harder-working, more virtuous - yes, more virtuous, because the market punishes immorality - and more hopeful about the future than they've ever been in their history. I asked Mr. Laar where his government got the idea for these reforms. Do you know what he replied? He said, "We read Milton Friedman and F. A. Hayek".
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James Nachtwey
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John Maynard Keynes
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