May 11, 2011 4:33PM 

# The King’s Speech 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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His Royal Highness Prince Charles, who lives, well, like a king, off wealth that his ancestors stole, appears at a *Washington Post* conference to tell his still-recalcitrant former subjects to change their economic system. As befitting a hereditary aristocrat, coming from a long line of people used to issuing orders, with little interest in spontaneous order or actual economic growth, he [finds](http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/prince-charles-on-the-future-of-food/2011/05/06/AFM71FjG_story.html) an

> urgent need for … the willingness of all aspects of society — the public, private and NGO \[non-governmental organizations\] sectors, large corporations and small organizations — to work together to build an economic model built upon resilience and diversity.

Sure thing, guv’nor, we’ll get right on that.

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