This issue of The Freeman examines the importance of “keeping the faith” in liberty, highlighting how free societies depend on voluntary action, personal responsibility, and resistance to creeping statism. It critiques bureaucratic education systems, explores the moral limits of taxation, and explains how subsidies and transfer programs erode productive effort. Additional essays defend competitive markets in industries from trucking to vending, challenge the logic behind collective bargaining laws, and show how regulatory controls undermine housing affordability. Book reviews consider works on the moral foundations of capitalism, the economics of development, and the philosophical roots of collectivism.
