Members of the African Students For Liberty group at the Obafemi Awolowo Univesity, Osun State, Nigeria played host to Dr. Anne Bradley, Vice President, Economic Initiatiatives at the Institute For Faith, Works and Economics, Virginia, USA at their inaugural virtual seminar on Sunday, October 5.

During the interactive lecture which took place Via Google+ at Eden, New Bukateria Complex, OAU, Dr Anne spoke on ‘The impacts of economic freedom’, and revealed how economic freedom has helped to turn the world around from severe poverty in thousands of years ago to considerable affluence and lots of possibility. She said, “The reason why we can talk across the globe is because of economic freedom.” On how several individuals connect together to make businesses work, she said, “You are free to learn how to do something; and you don’t necessarily have to make a shoe yourself.”

While answering questions on free markets, she said, “When government gets into business, there comes a lot of cronies; profit and loss should direct the course of business”. She however believes that we have a lot of work to do as billions of people around the world are hungry.

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