All Posts Tagged With: "freedom of conscience"
Freedom of Conscience and the Welfare State
Who says the welfare state respects freedom of conscience? Consider: In March the California Supreme Court ruled that employer-provided prescription-drug plans must cover birth-control products, even if contraception violates an employer’s religious convictions.
The conscientious objector in the case is Catholic Charities of Sacramento. The nonprofit organization, which is part of the Roman Catholic Church, argued [...]
Free Markets, the Rule of Law, and Classical Liberalism
The history of liberty and prosperity is inseparable from the practice of free enterprise and respect for the rule of law. Both are products of the spirit of classical liberalism. But a correct understanding of free enterprise, the rule of law, and liberalism (rightly understood) is greatly lacking in the world today.
Historically, liberalism is the [...]
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Government as Consumer
Destutt de Tracy, as I discussed last week, was a French economist whom Thomas Jefferson did his utmost... Read More
Profits, Losses, and Structural Change
A recurring economic theme of President Obama’s election campaign and presidency has been that previous... Read More
Underconsumption Is Not the Problem
Paul Krugman recently declared that our real economics problem is this: “What’s limiting employment... Read More
The Fruits of Imperfection
Beneath the nationalism and medal counts that seemed to dominate the Winter Olympic Games just ended... Read More
Jefferson’s Economist
In 1817 the Frenchman the Count Destutt de Tracy (1754-1836) published his Treatise on the Will and... Read More
