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Speaker 1: free markets, We need less infantilizing our citizens and citizens

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Speaker 1: give you one example of China. Uh, you know, for many,

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Speaker 1: sure enough, what happened to China's economy. It took off

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Speaker 1: socialist system. So China is a great example of what

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Speaker 1: happens when you introduce capitalist elements and capitalist of strictures

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Speaker 1: growth and prosperity. Yeah, and generally when you're like Venezuela

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Speaker 1: haven't worked, and they've re embraced the more liberty. But

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Speaker 1: we'll see. Lanha Chen is the host of the the podcast

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Speaker 1: Crossing Lines of Lani Chen, director Domestic Policy Studies at

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