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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Is capitalism still alive and kicking in the United States? Sometimes it doesn't seem so with both political parties, now pursuing

higher taxes and industrial policy. But never fear. Phil Graham is here to talk about his new book, The Triumph of Economic

Freedom, debunking the seven great myths of economic capitalism. Welcome, I'm Paul as you go

with the Wall Street Journal Opinion pages and here for Potomac Watch, our daily podcast.

And with me today, Phil Graham, economist Economist, and former senator, one of the

heroes of Reaganomics in the 1980s. And I'm grateful to say he's still writing for the Wall Street

Journal, still producing a lot of excellent copy for us, and fighting for the causes of economic

liberty, which, of course, requires constant attention, as we all know. And he's

written this new book with economist Don Boudreau, who also writes for us from time to time. So welcome,

Phil. Thank you, Paul. So why this book now? Well, I noticed when I got to Washington that when I

tried to explain things to people, that their conception

about how the world worked and what happened at various critical times in American history

made it very difficult for them to accept views that I thought were clearly backed up by the facts. And in fact,

the more I've looked at it, Jefferson said, good men were the same facts or prone to disagree.

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