Henry Hazlitt Quotes about Poverty

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The only real cure for poverty is production.

The only real cure for poverty is production.

Henry Hazlitt

Real, Poverty, Cures

Henry Hazlitt (1971). “Man Vs. the Welfare State”, p.95, Ludwig von Mises Institute

Contrary to age-old prejudices, the wealth of the rich is not the cause of the poverty of the poor, but helps to alleviate that poverty.

Henry Hazlitt

Age, Prejudice, Poverty

Henry Hazlitt (1996). “The Conquest of Poverty”

The capitalist system has lifted mankind out of mass poverty. It is this system that in the last century, in the last generation, even in the last decade, has acceleratively been changing the face of the world, and has provided the masses of mankind with amenities that even kings did not possess or imagine a few generations ago.

Henry Hazlitt

Kings, Lasts, Poverty

Henry Hazlitt (1996). “The Conquest of Poverty”