This issue of The Freeman explores how government welfare programs harm the poor compared to open-market alternatives, why enforced equality shrinks prosperity, and how moral character underpins productivity and economic growth. It also examines supply-side economics as a path away from interventionism, the coercive power granted to labor unions, and the constitutional foundations of American liberty. Several reviews discuss works on monetary freedom, gold clauses, agriculture policy, and the causes of gasoline shortages.
