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The Moral Roots of Liberty and Prosperity.
We face a deep problem today: The family where each member pursues his own self-interest. I have lived in such a family. I learned, to my surprise, that such homes do not make people very happy. A family held together by a series of contractual understandings, even reasonable and well-developed ones, turns out to be less stable and satisfying than a family held together by that intangible, often misunderstood, quality called love.
I am an economist. When I first encountered the ideas of free market economics and libertarian political theory I was captivated by their logic, consistency, and simplicity. But if I am completely honest with myself, I have to admit I ...
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