If the job of the government is to create development and prosperity, the only way to do it is to create businesses. Businesses are not rich because they have governments, governments are rich because they have businesses – lots of businesses,

Carlos Alberto Montaner offers these, and other thoughts on the aim of government and the task ahead for Peru, in an entertaining style that almost resembles Mark Steyn’s creative tone in this strikingly original, kickass must-read essay here.