Its thesis is simple yet profound: Greater prosperity gives more and more people the opportunity to match work with passion, the kind of work that "has you excited on Sunday nights." "The freer people are to earn as much as they can and keep it, the more likely it is that everyone will have the opportunity to make a living from his own unique skills and intelligence." "Few of us have the intelligence to play football on the professional level," Tamny notes. In fact, given the hard work and the immense physical and cerebral discipline necessary to master high-level college football, the sport, says the author, should be a major. Tamny closes his enjoyable work with this thought: "In an economy of individuals, we're all better off when each person gets to pursue what most amplifies his unique skills and intelligence."

Source: Forbes September 11, 2018 12:11 UTC