Bennett Pope, Chapter 3, Question 1

I appreciated the reminder that Wheelan gives his readers about how good our government really is at regulating the economy both financially and legally. True, we have a long way to go, but in comparison to the rest of the world we are in a very good place. We often get annoyed with and caught up up in the arguments of the government over public issues, but the reality is that people in many places live without this type of control, and they pay for it. He gave the example of the civil wars caused by diamonds and oil in Angola. The influence of the government allows us to safely go about our days with consistency in the way things are run day by day. While we don't always notice it, the consistency is there, allowing us to fret far less then we would otherwise.