The Economic Principles of America’s Founders: Property Rights, Free Markets, and Sound Money — HF
Featured, Policy Papers — September 3, 2010 at 12:36 PMPublished on August 30, 2010 by Thomas West —
Abstract: Although there are many scholarly treatments of the Founders’ understanding of property and economics, few of them present an overview of the complete package of the principles and policies upon which they agreed. Even the fact that there was a consensus among the Founders is often denied. Government today has strayed far from the Founders’ approach...
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The Economic Principles of America’s Founders: Property Rights, Free Markets, and Sound Money — HF
Published on August 30, 2010 by Thomas West —
Abstract: Although there are many scholarly treatments of the Founders’ understanding of property and economics, few of them present an overview of the complete package of the principles and policies upon which they agreed. Even the fact that there...
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