“What causes poverty? Nothing. It’s the original state, the default and starting point. The real question is, what causes prosperity?”
An Austrian-school economist and professor, Bylund is known for championing voluntary exchange, entrepreneurial innovation, and the spontaneous order of free markets. His influential book The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized explores how government intervention distorts not only what we observe in the economy but also what never comes to be — the wealth and innovation that regulation quietly erases. Through both his scholarship and teaching, Bylund equips liberty-minded audiences to understand how markets flourish when left free, and how unseen costs often outweigh intended outcomes.
Estimated World’s Smallest Political Quiz Score:
Economic: 100
Personal: 100
Note: Per Bylund has not taken The World’s Smallest Political Quiz and this score is purely an estimate made by The Advocates For Self-Government.