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The traditional view of entrepreneurship holds that policy makers can increase business creation by reducing intervention in the economy. Less government involvement frees up those willing to take the risk of starting companies to pursue business opportunities, this school of thought argues.
But recently some scholars have challenged this view, suggesting that the main obstacle to more entrepreneurship is not a lack of freedom or incentives, but an unwillingness to bear the risk of failure.