What's Wrong With Wakanda?

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Wakanda could never exist in the real world.

Wakanda is frustrating because it perpetuates the myth that an abundance of a really valuable natural resource is all you need to create a prosperous and extremely advanced society. This is simply not true. Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist, wrote about how isolationism actually leads to a regress in technology.

Check out these other articles to learn more about isolationism and protectionism:

The Case Against Protectionism by Larry Reed
https://fee.org/articles/the-case-against-protectionism/

Herbert Spencer Was Right: Protectionism Is Really Aggression-ism by Gary M. Galles
https://fee.org/articles/herbert-spencer-was-right-protectionism-is-really-aggression-ism/

Видео What's Wrong With Wakanda? канала Foundation for Economic Education