Dr. Richard McKenzie, retired economist from the University of California-Irvine, discusses the Crossnore School, a modern-day N.C. orphanage and subject of his book Miracle Mountain. McKenzie offered these comments during a July 8, 2013, speech for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society. To watch full-length presentations of JLF events, click here.
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