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Let's Get Out of the Way of Growth and Benefit Everyone

We know how to increase economic growth rates, we always have: empower people with resources and the incentives to produce.

Regarding "America's Challenge: Growth That Works for All" (Politics & Ideas, Sept. 10): William A. Galston is correct that to address myriad social and economic ills, we need growth that works for all. To achieve this, we don't need new academic studies or media polls, we simply need to implement a common-sense (one of President Obama's favorite words) solution.

Capitalism has moved more people out of poverty than any other economic system ever devised. When we the people elect leaders who understand this simple...